At first glance golf doesn’t look like an expensive sport. In order to play you need the following items:
- A bag
- A set of balls (more balls if you aren’t that great)
- A pair of shoes
- A set of clubs
In this case appearances are deceiving. A standard bag costs $50-$100. The range on ball prices is just plain silly. You can’t get a decent pair of shoes for $40.
Golf clubs are in a category all their own. The flimsiest full set of clubs that Wal-Mart has to offer is $100. That’s right $100 for a few poles with heads on them. A high quality set of Taylor Mades, Nikes, or Ping clubs can easily leave your pocket $1,500 lighter.
They say a good craftsmen needs good tools. How much are you willing to pay for a good set of golf tools?
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Golf bores me.
In my opinion the super expensive clubs are a sham. You don’t really need them unless you are playing at the professional level. Chipping with a $150 pitching wedge won’t help you if you swing like Paul Bunyon.
While the layperson would believe that clubs don’t make a difference they do but only to a certain extent. If you aren’t breaking 100 stick with what you got, but as you get better you’ll need the ball to curve and stop in certain situations; more expensive balls and clubs can help you do that. Plus newer expensive drivers actually help straighten mis-hits.
You most always get what you pay for…
How much money did you take home from the masters last year Tiger?
Speaking first hand, I can say the “better” more expensive clubs do improve your game. As my own drive shot became more powerful, so did my slice. I practiced with a few more high end drivers and the slice went away. Just a shame that it took a $400 club to straighten my slice.
Probably about $200k
Spoken like someone sucking it up in golf.
Spoken like somebody stuffing the pockets of club manufacturers.
I didn’t know golf was so expensive. No wonder most of a certain creed of people stuck with basketball and football for so long.
and crime…
If I didn’t know any better, I would think that you two were looking down on the Europeans.