Second Hand Golf Club Challenge

If you're looking to buy golf clubs, it can be an expensive venture, but it doesn't have to be

In this video, we're going to offer a bit of a second-hand golf club challenge. So I've been over at golf clubs for cash, and I've picked up three sets of golf clubs at three very different price points

On my right here, this set, excluding the bag, comes in at just under £2,000

The set in the middle here, excluding the bag, just under £800, and the set on my left here is just under £400

pounds. So hopefully we'll be able to give you an idea of the sort of things you might be able to get

at different price points through the bag. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to hit a few shots

on the launch monitors here at Edinburgh Indoor Golf, talk through what's in each of these bags

and then I'm going to take one set away with me and I'm going to put them into play and see how I

get on. Right, let's get started. Right, so I'm going to start with the set that comes in at just under £2,000, the most expensive

set, and we'll list out all the golf clubs and how much they cost if you get them from

golf clubs for cash. And I'm going to hit, have a quick hit with a couple of the clubs

So I'm going to start with the driver. This is the Ping G425 Max, so it's in the current family

It's now Dilla Torsionex shaft in it. So it's a good quality head, good quality shaft, and it's in very good condition as well

I love the way this golf club sits down behind the ball. It just feels really easy to hit, nice and forgiving

Let's see how we get on. not my best swing but not bad I mean that's gone I mean that's absolutely fine if I was on the golf course

still on that tee and I hit it 281 yards down the middle of the fairway I would be delighted

fairway wood is the tailor-made sim 2 max and the hybrid is a really interesting club it's the sort

of thing I would absolutely definitely carry in my golf bag. It's a Callaway Apex 2, so

18 degrees. It sits really nice and compact down behind the ball. It feels really versatile

and playable and it's got a great grip in it and it looks and feels as good as new

This is definitely the sort of golf club I can imagine carrying for sure

I've hit that pretty well. Yeah. I mean, 232 for me with a hybrid is pretty good. So, so

far, so good. But what about the irons? Well, I'm going to pull out the eight iron. So just

to give you an idea, the irons that I currently carry in my bag are the Mizuno JPX 919 Forged

this is the tour version of that club. So these are slightly thinner in the top line, a little bit

more, I guess you would say, intimidating to look down on. Obviously, I really like the way these

look, but these do look a little bit more worn than the other golf clubs I've already hit

Let's give it a hit and see how we get on. Yeah, lovely feel, as you would expect. I think I've shoved that a bit right, have I? Yeah

But I mean 152 carry 153 total pretty good for me So I be quite happy with that And then there are three Muir wedges in this set There a 51 a 56 and a 60 and then a really nice Odyssey White Hot OG

putter. It's not quite, but not far off as good as new. The grip could do with a bit of attention

I'd probably get a new grip put on this, but this is a putter I can definitely see myself using

So there you go. And hopefully it gives you an idea of what you can expect if that's the sort

of money that you're looking to spend on second-hand golf clubs. Okay, set number two comes in, as I

said, just under £800, but what would you get for your money? Well, in terms of the driver

you get a tailor-made SLDR 460. This is 10.5 degrees. It has the movable weight in the draw

setting. I'm not going to move, I'm just going to hit it as it is, and it has a Fujikura speeder 57

gram shaft in it. It looks in really good condition, this driver. Whoever owned this before me

kept it in really good shape and it has a nice clean grip with plenty of traction it's amazing

what a new grip does to a golf club let's hit it and see how we get on not my best a little bit right but do you know 282 yards it's on the fairway it's not my best

shot by any means but it's okay and I think for this driver for coming in just over 100 pounds I

think that's pretty good value. Next up we have the Leping G15 fairway wood looks fantastic. The next

one is a tailor-made aero burner and for me this is quite an interesting option it's a 19 degree

hybrid and because of that white finish for me this one looks and feels its age a bit because

tailor-made haven't produced these white golf clubs for a while. Having said that I like the

it looks down behind the ball. It looks generous, it looks easy to hit. Let's find out. Not quite the

right shaft for me, I can feel it already. It's a regular flex, 70 regular shaft, so let's see

Oh, I've hit that right out the middle. Come on. Yes. I'd take that for sure. But what about the irons? Well, for the irons we've gone for a set of Cobras

So this is the Cobra King forged tech. So nice forged iron, sort of mid cavity I'd say, kind of

real sort of mid handicapper's iron. I love the way these look. It's got a great KBS Tor C taper

shaft in it. Yeah, I've got the 7-iron in my hands here to see what it's like

Yeah, these feel superb. Quite high ball fight, but plenty of distance actually on that iron. I would be happy to put

these in the bag for sure. And then after that, I've got a couple of Cleveland RTX 3 wedges

is an Odyssey White Hot Pro 7 putter, which is in really good shape, and I could see myself using

this for sure. It looks really good. So that's what I would get if I was looking to spend around

about £800 on a set of golf clubs. There's a couple of things in there that I'm not quite 100

sure about, but on the whole, that set, I think I could use that out on the course. But what about

if I was paying under for a set What would I get then Well we got the set and the driver is the Ping G2 If anyone watching this video has played any of these clubs please do leave some small reviews below We love to hear what you have to say I remember when this was launched It a 460 degree head

It's got this sort of half moon alignment in the crown. Really simple looking, but I remember when it was launched and it really performed well

I really liked this driver when it first came out. It's got a Pro Launch blue shaft in it. It's 8.5 degrees

So let's give it a hint and see how we get on. Oh, I shoved it to the right, I think. Ball speed's not bad. 161 is pretty good

And I've turned it over. That'll play. That total distance is comfortably the longest drive

I've hit from any of the three sets that I've played. And that's the first and only shot I've

actually hit with this Ping G2 driver. Very interesting indeed. The three-wood is a Cleveland

launcher, 13 degrees, and then there's a tight list 20.5 degree fairway wood. It's a 975F. I'm

sure there are people watching this who have used this in the past. I may well have also used this

in the past, but this is fairly old now, and you can tell when you set it down behind the ball

it looks really quite small, really quite intimidating, and it's got a steel shaft in it

So this is not the sort of thing I'm used to using, but let's see how we get on

That felt good, ball speed's good. It's gone a bit left, it's gone a bit left but it's

gone quite a long way. You see that smash factor is pretty good there. So how confident

I would be using this out on the golf course, I'm not sure. I'm going to hit the 7-iron from

set of irons which is a Mizuno set of MX23s. It's a few years old and this is in fairly

well loved, I'd say, condition. It's not the best condition but it's not too bad. And actually

sitting this down behind the ball, a little bit of offset, quite large to look down on

but the top line isn't too thick. It's nice and thin so it doesn't look too clunky. Actually

in terms of, for me, a game improvement set of irons, this looks pretty good. And again

as I said it's got fairly new grips on it so this feels quite good. Let me have a hit

I feel like I hit that well. I'm hitting this set probably the best

And again that's gone a good distance for me for a 7-iron. Now the wedges I've got a

tailor-made rack 60 and a Callaway forged 56 degree wedge and the putter is I

believe this is an original ping answer it could do with a new grip it's got an

odyssey grip on it but it's a ping putter and this one would set you back

39 pounds 95 pence it's possibly a little bit short for me as well and but

would I be able to use it out on the golf course possibly not but that's not saying anything about the putter that's more saying about my my putting I'd say

So there you have it, that's the third and least expensive of the three sets

Now which one of these am I going to take with me to test on the course

Okay so welcome to part two of this video and as you can see in front of me I have the

£800 set of golf clubs and I'm going to put them through their paces on the golf course

course here this is the international course at the London Club It quite tricky I say for me a good score around here would be around about an 80 My handicap is 2 so I going to keep the card I going to see how I get on In particular I looking out for whether this set of golf clubs cost

me any shots versus what I would expect with my own golf clubs. I will report at the end

Let's get started. okay so round of golf finished there was some good stuff in there there was some

definitely not so good stuff in there and so I shot a round of 82 which is definitely not a great

score but it's not terrible for me it's somewhere in between the big question is how many shots did

this set cost me versus if I'd been playing with my own set of custom fit golf clubs. And I think

that really there was only one occasion where this set of golf clubs cost me and that was on

the 12th tee. So the 12th is a par three over water and I know that these irons are stronger

than my set of irons. So I ended up taking one less club, hit it well, didn't make the carry

went in the water, took double bogey and was a little bit frustrated as a result. But really that

would be me getting used to the irons. Apart from that, I'd say on the whole, these clubs

delivered the sort of results that I would expect, frankly, with my own set of golf clubs

There were a couple of occasions, both with the fairway wood and the hybrid, where because

the shafts are a little bit too soft for me, that I ended up hitting shots that just turned

over a little bit too much. A couple of other things to point out. Firstly, the putter is

very short. This is about, I think this is 28 inches long, which is pretty short, but

I think I probably hold more putts today than I would have done with my own putters. That's

maybe an interesting finding for me. And the other thing is that there's only 12 clubs in this set so

if I did want to get it up to 14 clubs I'd probably put another wedge in and maybe a four iron into

this set as well so that might edge me closer to that £1,000 mark but I think it the experiment

has been a very interesting one and for me it's gone to show that if you don't want to go down

the route of kitting yourself out with new equipment that might cost you a little bit more

and you want to go down a cheaper route, this is definitely worth considering

But my advice would be that if you're a golfer who understands what specs they need

make sure that you marry them up as closely as you possibly can. That will make a big difference. If you're not, if you're new to the game, then try to find something that's as forgiving as possible

Probably shafts, I'd say regular shafts, just to give you that little bit of help through the ball

is probably a good way to go and is a good starting point because it's good to know that you can get good quality brands that are going to be forgiving

they are going to reward you for the good shots that you hit and let you get away with

the odd missed strike from time to time. But there you have it, that's it for now from the London Club. Thank you very much for watching

If you do have any comments please do post them below. I'd be really interested to hear what you have to say. But that's it for now. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time