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Originally Posted by lawgolfer
The two worst were a set of PXG irons that had a swingweight of C2 and felt like you were trying to hit the ball with a paper bag tied on the end of a stick. The next worst was a set of Ping woods in which the driver was C9; the 3 wood C6; and the 5 wood D6. I couldn't believe that either set had been allowed to leave the factory.
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Swingweight is probably the least relevant of any golf club characteristic. It has zero basis in science. It's simply a calculation of the weight, based on a 14" fulcrum, which was a number Robert Adams picked from the sky. The average person could never tell the difference between a Swingweight of C-6 vs C-9.
Overall weight, weight distribution, shaft weight vs clubhead weight, flex characteristics and balance point, are all much more important than Swingweight.
Archimedes once said, "Give me a place to stand and I can move the earth", which perfect illustrates fallacy of Swingweight as a measurement. You can give a Telephone Pole a "swingweight" of C-9 if you wanted to. It means nothing.
If you really wanted to quantify a club's "feel", the only way to do it, would probably be a MOI Swing Auditor, which could theoretically match clubs to "feel" the same. What's next? Did you tell them you were going to find the NBP of the shafts, too?