How to attach weight
Tuning your clubs easily

First of all please read the following

Caution
There is a chance that the method of applying lead stated below could not be appropriate for specific people or clubs.
The following explanation is being published for reference only.

One of the ways you can easily tune your clubs is to attach weight. By just adding a few grams of lead, you will find that the balance and feeling of the club, as well as the required muscle and strength, changes tremendously. Based on what you’re aiming for, we need to change where we apply the weight.

Before applying extra weight please take these precautions

  • Placing weight onto the face of the club is against the rules so please be careful.
  • When applying weight, make sure that the area in which you are applying the weight is completely clean with no signs of dirt or sand.
  • If applying to the rough area on the blackface of a putter, or iron head please ensure that you place the lead on lightly without much force.
  • Based on the characteristics of weight object you’re attaching, it is possible to stretch it a little bit with some strong pressure, however, it is not possible to stretch adhesive tape, if placing on a large bend, it can become easy to peel so please take care.
  • When attaching to a putters sole etc., if you cut and press in the part shown in the illustration below then it should become difficult for it to peel off.

When applying to a driver or iron club

When you want to prevent slicing

  • Place it on the head’s heel side
  • Place it on the back face near the heal
    →The distance to center of gravity will become shorter meaning control needs to be higher.

When you want to prevent hooks

  • Place it on the head’s toe area
  • Place it on the back face’s toe area
    →The distance to center of gravity becomes longer meaning the heads trajectory becomes more stable.

When you want to hit the ball higher

  • Place the weight on the soul
  • Place it on the center of the back face
    →The center of the gravity’s depth increases, meaning it is easier to hit the ball higher.

Placing weight onto a putter

  • Place it on the opposite side of the face.
    →Stroking becomes more stable, and the balls rolling becomes more stable.
  • Place it on the head’s toe and heel
    →The center of gravity increases meaning it’s easier to roll.
  • Place it on the soul’s toe and heel
    →The head will become stable and go straight forward, it also becomes easier to pull it back straight.

When applying it to the shaft

Recommended for people who want to easily tune their clubs

Applying lead to your club is slowly becoming the norm, based on how you apply the lead the entire balance of your club can change. Placing lead on the shaft of your club is not for changing the balance but to change the weight and is the best thing for bringing more characteristics out of a club. Please try this simple tune up.

Shaft specialized lead

Product Characteristics

  • Made specially to easily fit the shape of a club’s shaft.

Recommended for these types of people

  • Wooden clubs feel light causing issues with timing
  • People who find it hard to balance the club causing bad on-hit percentage
  • People who seem to hit the ball just a little too fast
  • People who let their shaft go behind them on a downswing

Lead characteristics

Mark Kanai was always caught up in making the texture and fitting of the lead more easy, through a special recipe for creation this lead is both friendly to your club and easily applicable.

Shaft lead effects

By applying lead to the shaft of the club you can increase the weight of the club without effecting the balance.
By increasing the weight just a little, it can help with things such as stopping a swing early and hitting a ball too fast. In addition, by increasing the weight of where you’re holding, it becomes more difficult for the downswing to sink which should increase your chances of hitting the ball.

Age range 1W（Driver） 3W 5W 7W
20’s and 30’s 310～320g Driver weight+5～10g Driver weight+15g Driver weight+20g
40’s 305～315g
50’s 295～305g
60’s 285～295g
70’s 275～285g

How to apply the lead

When applying our lead product, make sure to apply it only after cleaning any dirt from the area you are going to apply it to. Please ensure that after application it is firmly stuck onto the shaft.

Cut off any excess using scissors

If the shaft of your club is thin then there is a chance that you will need to cut off any excess lead with some scissors.

Stretch the product with a spatula if it doesn’t reach

If your handle is a little thick then the lead may not be long enough, when this happens using something like a spatula to stretch it out a little.

Make sure there are no gaps and it should be complete.

To ensure there are no gaps, make sure that the lead is wrapped around the entire shaft completely.

Let’s make sure to wrap the lead completely around the shaft

Good example

The lead is wrapped perfectly around the shaft of the club

Bad example

There is too much lead in one area causing it to become heavy, this is causing gaps in other areas

Caution: When applying the lead, there are times when both personal characteristics and club types may cause this example to not be appropriate. This is just a reference example.