Ideal static weights depend on what you want the ball to do. Balls that end with high positive side weight, will give you more length and more backend. Balls that end with little or no side, will have an earlier roll and less backend.
Using a weighthole will on the PAP side of the ball to reduce side weight only makes the ball roll earlier and smoother in this instance.
Why....because this layout starts with a bunch of positive side weight, and as we know, more side weight = more length and more backend.
Weight holes on the neg side of your grip increase positive side weight, giving you more length and backend.
In general, weight holes on the positive side of your grip only make the ball roll earlier with less backend.
Does it matter where you place the weight hole..? Does a weight hole in a different position change the reaction of the ball..? Yes it does.
Why...because if you have a hole in 2 different positions, you're ending with 2 different sets of static weights. The ending static weights are different if you place the hole in a different position.
Therefore, if the ending static weights are different, the ball will react different..!!
You could argue that if you destroy the whole shape of the core with a hole, like taking out a whole flip block, then yes, the hole position is what's changing the ball reaction.
But, we're only drilling weight holes roughly 3" deep, barely touching the cores. So, we're not taking much out of the shape of the core for that to have a major influence on ball reactions.
You know what's funny..? I never hear of drillers or guru's talking about hitting a certain part of a particular core to change the reaction.
Like you would need to place a hole here to remove the corner of the core, so the core will revolve differently, giving you a different ball reaction. You never hear this.
Placing the hole has always been a referenced in general positions by Brunswick with no concern for each different shape of core.
WHY IS THAT..?
Because in REALITY, it's all about the ending static weights and/or ending CG, not how much or what part of the core you've changed by hitting it with a hole..!! =:^D
Edited on 10/22/2006 3:44 PM
