Avoiding poor quality golf clubs
Clone golf clubs make a lot of sense on a price / performance basis, provided you can be certain that the ones you buy are good quality, and that you're not being passed off with a rip-off or scam.
When considering a discount club offered at a website, you can probably learn much about the club itself from an evaluation of that website. After all, if the website throws up questions, that doesn't reflect well on the likely quality of the products being sold.
Consider, also, the points discussed when evaluating online golf stores.
In addition, look out for the following:
- Is the manufacturer trying to mislead you into thinking you're buying an original brand or exact copy? Does the name bear an uncanny resemblance to a famous brand? (If so, you may be purchasing an illegal or counterfeit club, or at least one which relies more on name recognition than its own inherent qualities.)
- How much information is given about the club's specifications? Are they hiding anything?
- Specifically, what materials are used (compare with the brands)?
- A good manufacturer/retailer will also provide a range of shaft and grip options with each purchase. The top clone manufacturers offer the same quality and make of grips and shafts as the brands. Are they sourcing from recognized names in the shaft and grip business? Here's a list of top names in those fields:
Shafts: True Temper, AccuFlex, UST, Fujikura, Aldila, Grafalloy, Harrison Sports, Penley, Royal Precision
Grips: Lamkin, Avon, Eaton, Golf Pride, Feel, Royal Precision, Winn
