How much do custom golf clubs usually cost?
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at
6:53 pm
I mean a full set of custom golf clubs, designed just for one person. What is usually the price range? And what brand is the best?
Asked by:Angel
Tagged with: Custom Clubs • Custom Golf Clubs
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Price range can vary from 300$ to 1500$. The brand will depend on how long the player has played golf as well as the players handicap. If one is just starting out, I would suggest a lower end golf club that has OVERSIZE club heads. These are more forgiving and you can beat them up before you spend more money for a more quality clubs. My first set of clubs were from wal mart. 185 $ full set of “Dunlops”, They were a perfect starter set even thought they were not custom fit. I beat those up for 2 years, then upgraded into a Mid size Iron “king cobra”. Payed 500 dollars for custom fit brand new irons from the factory. They have been a great investment. Now I am ready to pay more money for a top quality Iron in the “titleist ap 2″ irons. I hit them pure and consistent but they are also high priced. Every golfer is different, therefore it is best to swing many different irons to get a feel for personal preference. You can demo irons on driving ranges at many different complexes.
Custom fit from the factory?….$300 for a custom set to start…whats that guy talkin about…figure just $150 to $300 for the session to size u, built into the price of a set of clubs..and I don’t know about him but I don’t want custom fit knock offs or lesser brand.. so figure close to $1,000 with steel shafts to start..If you price any mid range to decent set of clubs they start at $750 on up and were not talkin fitting or graphite shafts
It’s different depending on where you go. Some fitters don’t charge anything, some charge over $100 (but that money sometimes gets taken off when you buy clubs from the person). Shaft upcharge varies, as well, especially if you’re looking to put in a Matrix or Diamana brand shaft (though there are other, less expensive options that are just as good). Grip upcharges (and shaft upcharges for irons) vary by brand and are charged per club (so if someone says “we’ll switch out the shafts in your irons for $10- that’s $10 per club!) Some places will also charge a fee for lie angle bending or shaft lengthening/shortening.
Depending on what you want to buy, you can be looking at a very expensive set. My advice is to get custom fit by a local clubfitter- so you not only have a static (stationary) fit, but a dynamic (club swinging) fit, as well. Hopefully you won’t have to pay more than $50. Take the information the fitter gives you, than go to the internet. I personally like TGW.com, or you can go to golfsmith.com, use your specs, and save yourself some money in the process.
Brands are what you make of them. There are exceptional pieces within the same model just as there are lemons. You could go to a Golfsmith and buy a Snake Eyes or Lynx (a former heavyweight on the PGA Tour) brand, or go to Hireko.com and buy Acer brand (getting some good reviews from Golf Digest), or GigaGolf.com and buy “knock-offs” that are similar to year-old models of “name” brand clubs. The legit brands use the same material as “name” brands- 431 or 17-4 stainless steel for models of irons that are cast, usually 8620 or 8630 carbon steel for forged irons, titanium in the drivers, FW and hybrids.
There are some people that just won’t buy “generic” models of anything- whether it’s asprin, bread, soda, medicines, golf clubs, whatever. Just know that you can get golf clubs fit specifically to you for a vary wide price range, but not a vary wide quality range.
It depends on what you consider custom? All clubs can be custom fit in which the loft/lie of the club head and the length of the shaft will be fit to the individual player and usually doesn’t cost too much ~$100. As far as the actual club head design, you are looking at big bucks for this. The brand depends on the player. Some players can hit Callaway better while others can hit TaylorMade better. I personally prefer TaylorMade woods and irons, Cleveland wedges, and Scotty Cameron putters.
I think it really depends on what you are looking for. There are several discount and low quality offers that starts at $400. But I would say you have to pay $1000 -$2000 for quality custom made clubs. Just my opinion and experience.
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