Heavy Club

[Kiwi]

I have seen an ad on TV by Butch Harmon for a regulatioin size driver that has a weighted head. I am trying to get back to swinging through the ball and I think that with that type of club I could develop some muscle memory to help me follow through. Trouble is I am cheap, so If I picked up an old used club, drilled a hole in the top of the driver head and filled it with some substance to add weight would that do? Or is there something else I need to consider like the placement of the extra weight?

[doublepar]

The only concern I'd have is that the shaft will play weaker with a heavier club head.

[Kiwi]

I see your point, but as I am using this just to "groove" my swing, trying to get a full follow through into muscle memory, why should the shaft stiffness be an issue. I can see if I want to his balls with it. I see this as nothing different than using a weighted baseball bat to warm up. Am I missing something?

[jvincent]

If you just put the weight in the head the flex will be very soft, as mentioned and more importantly (I think) the balance will be off.

Golfworks sells a heavy shaft for making clubs like this.

I used an old driver and added weight to the head and shaft to try and mimic the Momentus driver and it was really only good for warming up.