Knock Off Golf Clubs

First, let's make sure you understand something about knock off golf clubs...

Although they are budget-priced, the design and materials of a cloned club are generally comparable to, if not equal to, leading manufacturers.

Clone club manufacturers simply don't invent the technology -- but that doesn't mean they can't do a good job at reproducing, adapting and imitating it for golfers happy to take advantage of their bargain price and generally superior quality.

What is most often actually the "knock off" or "clone" part of the club is the head itself. Grips, shafts and other components usually come from the same sources used by a clone club manufacturer's brand-name counterpart.

Knock off clubs or clone clubs represent a very significant way to save for most golfers.

For example, compare prices on clubs such as these mentioned below with what you might pay for a ritzy "brand name" club of the same general quality and workmanship...

By the way, before we get into some examples of knock off golf clubs, we should let you in on a little secret.

There is really only source for quality knock off golf clubs that we use, and here they are (we're currently researching a second merchant, but we're not ready to recommend more than this single supplier as of today):

"GolfIdeas": Great selection, quality merchandise, outstanding customer service. Well-known for their quality.

Tour Torch 460 - $ 84.00

• (Compares To: Nike Ignite)
• The Tour + Torch 460cc Beta Titanium driver offers players the best of both worlds. forgiveness and length.
  
• Although these heads are 460cc. better players can still work the ball in all directions as well as hit is long and straight.
  
• The 15-3-3-3 Beta titanium face provides the spring effect to really add some "POP" to all your drives!
  
• The Tour + Torch will also help players hit the ball on a higher launch angle with less spin which helps to optimize performance.
  
• This is a great driver for all skill levels!
  

Available in 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13 and 15 Degrees Right Hand
Available in 8. 9. 10 and 12 Degrees Left Hand

What kinds of advantages to knock off clubs have over their higher-priced competition.

The biggest one is price. You can usually save anywhere from 50% to 75% off the cost of a fancy brand-name counterpart without sacrificing much, if any, quality. With the big brand names, a large percentage of what you're paying for is all that marketing they had to do to convince you to want their club in the first place. Keep that money in your pocket and go with a clone instead.

About the only drawback with a knock off club is for the extremely image-conscious. Personally, we don't care if we're using a brand name or a clone -- and we KNOW our ball doesn't care.

Bottom line -- we'd have no reservations about going with a clone, as long as we got it from a reputable dealer like GolfIdeas mentioned above.