| Discount golf clubs are certainly a temptation for | | | | has a lot of good instructional information as well |
| many golfers since the price of a complete new | | | | regarding club building. If you have had a proper |
| name brand set can be in the $1,500 or higher | | | | club fitting and know what to purchase, this is a |
| range these days. This article will discuss various | | | | good option. It's really not that difficult. Golfsmith |
| ways of procuring discount golf clubs, and the | | | | also has a trade-in service, and you can get a |
| pros and cons of doing so. Know Yourself- Get | | | | discount on a new set of clubs by trading in your |
| Fitted Properly Before laying down a chunk of | | | | old ones. This also means they have lots of |
| cash on golf clubs, it is imperative that you know | | | | pre-owned clubs for sale. Check out the |
| what clubs to look for. I suggest a club fitting be | | | | pre-owned section of their site, and you can find |
| a certified professional club maker. That is an | | | | some pretty good deals. You can pinpoint what |
| investment every serious golfer should make, but | | | | you want by using the search box on the site. |
| less than 10% actually do this. And by the way, | | | | You have two levels of protection here, the |
| trying out a couple of different clubs at a | | | | established integrity of Golfsmith and the brand of |
| Demo-Day does not constitute a proper club | | | | the clubs your are buying. Discount Golf Clubs at |
| fitting. If you purchase discount golf clubs and | | | | Pro Shops I recently was in a local pro shop and |
| think you have saved a bundle, what good is it if | | | | they had a new Cleveland hybrid for sale for half |
| the clubs are wrong for you? Thus, if you are | | | | price. The reason it was half price was because it |
| looking for a discounted driver, for example, you | | | | was last year's model. Golf pro shops have |
| should know exactly what kind of clubhead, loft | | | | outdated equipment on sale all the time because |
| angle, shaft, club length and grip are right for you. | | | | they want to get rid of old inventory. The |
| If you know all of this, then and only then does it | | | | company, Cleveland Golf in this case, surely made |
| behoove you to purchase any clubs, be they | | | | a few tweaks to the clubs from one year to the |
| new, used, or discount golf clubs. Ebay Auctions I | | | | next, but there probably isn't anything close to |
| have heard that Ebay is the largest seller of used | | | | revolutionary (unless you believe the marketing |
| cars in the U.S. right now. I don't know if that is a | | | | pitch), and last year's model will work just fine. |
| fact for certain, but they sell a lot of golf clubs as | | | | But, as always, that's only the case if the clubs fit |
| well. A search today for "golf clubs" yielded over | | | | you. Discount Web Sites Watch out here. Many |
| 15,000 active auctions. So you have a lot to | | | | discount clone or knockoff clubs look good, but if |
| choose from on Ebay. You must know exactly | | | | you don't know better they were probably made |
| what you are looking for, as discussed above. If | | | | in a low quality factory in China using inferior |
| you find just the right club or clubs, be sure to | | | | materials and workmanship. Unless you can be |
| check out the rating of the seller. If the seller has | | | | certain the clubs were made in a factory with |
| good ratings from past auctions, it is probably | | | | high quality materials and manufacturing |
| safe to assume he or she is honest and you can | | | | processes, it's best to pass on the deal. What we |
| send them money without much worry. If there | | | | are looking for here are discount golf clubs, not |
| is any doubt, forget it. You must be as confident | | | | garbage golf clubs. And remember, get yourself a |
| as possible that the seller is honest. Of course this | | | | serious club fitting by a certified clubmaker. You'll |
| goes for any Ebay auction, not just for discount | | | | get more out of your game whether you are |
| golf clubs. For your convenience, some Ebay | | | | buying the most expensive set of brand name |
| auctions are listed on this web page and several | | | | clubs or a set of discount golf clubs. He can also |
| others on this site. If you click an Ebay ad on our | | | | probably get you into an excellent set of custom |
| site and then make a purchase, we do make a | | | | made clubs along with the fitting for about the |
| small commission (full disclosure). This helps offset | | | | price of just buying a brand name set without |
| some of the costs to run the site and doesn't | | | | any club fitting. I also recommend reading Tom |
| affect your purchase price in any way. Golfsmith | | | | Wishon's excellent book "The Search for the |
| I've always liked Golfsmith and have built a good | | | | Perfect Golf Club". |
| number of clubs using components purchased | | | | Walt Ballenberger is a life-long golfer and founder |
| from them. They have an excellent web site with | | | | of Hybrid Golf Clubs, a resource site for golfers. |
| tons of information. You can certainly save | | | | For a Free Report entitled "How to Find the |
| money buying components from Golfsmith and | | | | "Sweet Spot" on Your Golf Clubs in 10 Minutes" |
| building the clubs, if you are up for that. Golfsmith | | | | visit Hybrid Golf Clubs. |