Don't Settle For Golf Club Clones - Insist On The Real Thing
There are so many reasons you should never, ever, ever buy golf club clones. Quality and performance are the two main ones.
Quality Issues With Golf Club Clones
When you purchase a name brand golf club, you purchase the quality of the company behind the brand. In most cases, you know that years of research and development have gone into the product you are buying, and you know there is someone important standing behind your golf clubs.
You know that, if there are problems with the club, you have some recourse. When you buy a set of name brand golf club, like Nike, Ping, or Callaway, you have the ultimate confidence that your clubs are up to the competition. The grips won't peel; the shaft won't crack, and the head won't come flying off on your backswing.
Performance Issues With Golf Club Clones
With golf club clones, you don't really know what to expect. Golf club clones are often described as "in the tradition of" or "comparable to" a name brand club. What is that supposed to mean? "Comparable to the Nike SQ Sumo2 hybrids" doesn't mean the golf club clone was developed by the renowned clubmakers at Nike's state-of-the-art golf club facility in Ft. Worth, Texas. It just means the cloned golf club looks like the Nike SQ Sumo2.
People buy golf club clones for one reason: because they're cheap. Both the clubs and the people who are buying them are cheap. People who play golf with clones aren't fooling anyone on the golf course. An experienced player who plays with authentic gear can spot a knockoff club one fairway over.
The performance of a golf club clone is simply inferior to the performance you will get from an authentic, name brand club. Do you think that the golf greats like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods would play golf with no-name golf club clones? No. All three of those veterans insist on authentic, name brand golf equipment when they play. Playing with golf club clones would be a waste of their time.
Saving Money On Authentic Clubs
You may think that you can't afford to buy authentic branded golf clubs. But if you plan carefully, have patience, and are willing to wait for things that are worth waiting for, you can fill your bag with real golf clubs, not no-name golf club clones.
Watch for end-of-season sales at your pro shop, and don't be embarrassed to ask about a payment plan or even a layaway plan.
