The rules of golf lay down strict limits when it comes to club design
There’s a popular misconception about clone golf clubs. Many see these as being cheap knock-offs of the big brands like Callaway and Nike and not up to the standards of the big manufacturers. That might be true in some cases, but a set of quality clone golf clubs will play every bit as good as those expensive OEM’s you see in the pro shops. Read on to find out why.
For a start, the main manufacturers of clone golf clubs are fully fledged golf companies. Their own research and development departments produce club designs that are manufactured Nike SB Shoes with the exact same materials the big OEM’s use. These clubs incorporate the same design principles such as club volume, moment of inertia and cavity backs, to name just a few.
The rules of golf lay down strict limits when it comes to club design. Club heads have to conform to these limits, otherwise they are deemed non-conforming and cannot be used in competition play. That’s not limited to the pro tours either. Playing a non-conforming driver in your monthly medal may well see you being disqualified.
The top manufacturers of clone golf clubs will submit their clubs to the game’s governing bodies for approval (USPGA in the USA, R&A in Europe) same as all the big OEM’s. This is an expensive undertaking and nobody making cheap knock-offs would go to the expense and effort of submitting their clubs, only to see them rejected.
Take a driver for example. The maximum volume allowed under the rules of golf is 460 cc for the club to be conforming. It’s not enough for a manufacturer to say their drivers are no bigger than 460 cc. The game’s governing bodies have to say they aren’t. If they are under the limit, they go on the Conforming Driver lists. If they fail the test, they are listed on the Non-Conforming Driver lists.
Quick note here. Some manufacturers of cheap knock-offs proudly proclaim their drivers are conforming and point to the fact that these clubs are nowhere to be found on the non-conforming lists. That simply means they haven’t been submitted for testing. If a club conforms, it’s on the conforming list. If a club isn’t on the non-conforming list, it isn’t necessarily conforming.
Creating conforming clubs takes a lot of attention and a lot of manufacturing skill. Get the build process wrong by a fraction of a percent and the clubs could well end up being non-conforming. Nike ID Shoes Volume isn’t the only parameter to take into consideration. With limits on club-face rebound for example (the Coefficient of Restitution) being effected by even the smallest variation in face thickness, quality control becomes vitally important.
Clone golf clubs from respected manufacturers conform to the rules of golf and will make a much smaller dent in your wallet. Manufactured from the same materials as the big OEM’s and with the same (or better) shafts, these are high quality clubs that will make the game that much more enjoyable. As a bonus, many of the top line manufacturers offer custom build options on their clubs.
What you get is a set of high quality, conforming, custom built golf clubs that will play ever bit as good, if not better, than a set of expensive off-the-rack OEM’s. And all that without the price tags.
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