What Is A Clone Golf Club?

Golf Fore!! Beginners $9.95 This is a comprehensive guide for beginning golfers. Covering everything from grip and stance, how to buy clubs and what proper golf etiquette is, Golf Fore!! Beginners is a one-stop shop for everything the novice golfer needs to know. Stephen Ruthenberg is a PGA professional with over 15 years experience. Based on the hundreds of lessons he has given over the years, this book has everything he thinks the beginner golfer needs to know. A must read for everyone starting this great game of golf.

Golf Launchpad Tour $199.95 Golf Launchpad Golf Launchpad Tour is a state-of-the-art golf simulator for Windows, Mac and PlayStation3 that offers world-class golf simulation, swing-analysis and play on the world’s greatest courses in EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008. Play ultra-realistic golf with your own clubs for the ultimate in feel and precision. Golf Launchpad Tour is precision-engineered golf simulator built with high speed optical sensors, a regulation DuPont Surlyn golf ball, and an ingenious micro capture net. Golf Launchpad Tour is the only home golf simulator that provides authentic feel, sound and accuracy from driving to putting without big simulator cost and space requirements. With its RealPhysics processing engine, enhanced optics, a new compact design and PC + MAC + PS3 compatibility out-of-the-box, Golf Launchpad Tour takes home golf simulation to beyond what even the big simulators offer! How It Works Golf Launchpads tethered ball has been designed to reproduce the impact-physics of a free ball to perfection. Utilizing a flexible tether which permits the ball to spin and a precisely calibrated pivot, Golf Launchpads ball is designed to impart the same forces to the club as a free ball. This means that you feel and hear the thwack of your irons and the ping of your woods just as you would on the fairway. We call this TruFeel and it is the subject of several patent applications. Optical sensors embedded deep under the turf track your club over the sensor grid during the critical moment of impact, measuring vast quantities of data off your club, such as angle, velocity, acceleration and path. Electric~Spins state-of-the-art digital signal processing technology embedded in Golf Launchpad converts the mountains of raw data into pinpoint accuracy. Golf Launchpad Tour is a home golf simulator that allows the users to golf with their own clubs. Golf Launchpad Tour features a tethered regulation golf ball and optical signal processing technology for unmatched realism. Compatible with Windows, PlayStation3 and Mac OSX. Golf Launchpad Tour is truly plug-and-play. Simple connect Launchpad into your PC, Mac or PlayStation3′s USB port, start TIGER WOODS or LPDR-TOUR and you’re ready to play or practice! Golf Launchpad Tour is the only golf simulator that gives you the real deal — authentic feel, sound and performance from driving to putting with your own clubs — without big simulator cost and mega-space requirements! LPDR is a sophisticated software driving range simulator for Golf Launchpad. LPDR provides swing and shot analysis, featuring aircraft style instrumentation, shot speed and angle, as well as ball launch data and trajectory graphs. Features Regulation Surlynâ„¢ Golf Ball Wireless Remote Caddy

Golf Launchpad Tour – PreOwned $119.95 This Pre-Owned Golf Launchpad Tour is in excellent condition and everything is included. Golf Launchpad Golf Launchpad Tour is a state-of-the-art golf simulator for Windows, Mac and PlayStation3 that offers world-class golf simulation, swing-analysis and play on the world’s greatest courses in EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008. Play ultra-realistic golf with your own clubs for the ultimate in feel and precision. Golf Launchpad Tour is precision-engineered golf simulator built with high speed optical sensors, a regulation DuPont Surlyn golf ball, and an ingenious micro capture net. Golf Launchpad Tour is the only home golf simulator that provides authentic feel, sound and accuracy from driving to putting without big simulator cost and space requirements. With its RealPhysics processing engine, enhanced optics, a new compact design and PC + MAC + PS3 compatibility out-of-the-box, Golf Launchpad Tour takes home golf simulation to beyond what even the big simulators offer! How It Works Golf Launchpads tethered ball has been designed to reproduce the impact-physics of a free ball to perfection. Utilizing a flexible tether which permits the ball to spin and a precisely calibrated pivot, Golf Launchpads ball is designed to impart the same forces to the club as a free ball. This means that you feel and hear the thwack of your irons and the ping of your woods just as you would on the fairway. We call this TruFeel and it is the subject of several patent applications. Optical sensors embedded deep under the turf track your club over the sensor grid during the critical moment of impact, measuring vast quantities of data off your club, such as angle, velocity, acceleration and path. Electric~Spins state-of-the-art digital signal processing technology embedded in Golf Launchpad converts the mountains of raw data into pinpoint accuracy. Golf Launchpad Tour is a home golf simulator that allows the users to golf with their own clubs. Golf Launchpad Tour features a tethered regulation golf ball and optical signal processing technology for unmatched realism. Compatible with Windows, PlayStation3 and Mac OSX. Golf Launchpad Tour is truly plug-and-play. Simple connect Launchpad into your PC, Mac or PlayStation3′s USB port, start TIGER WOODS or LPDR-TOUR and you’re ready to play or practice! Golf Launchpad Tour is the only golf simulator that gives you the real deal — authentic feel, sound and performance from driving to putting with your own clubs — without big simulator cost and mega-space requirements! LPDR is a sophisticated software driving range simulator for Golf Launchpad. LPDR provides swing and shot analysis, featuring aircraft style instrumentation, shot speed and angle, as well as ball launch data and trajectory graphs. Features Regulation Surlynâ„¢

Leupold GX-2 Golf Rangefinder $349.95 Leupold GX-2 Golf Rangefinder The Leupold GX-2 is the only golf rangefinder to provide accurate ranging information that matches your personal striking distances to the slope of the shot and current atmospheric conditions. The True Golf Range feature uses sophisticated, algorithmic based software, in addition to temperature and altitude inputs, to tell you exactly how for you should play a shot. Taking the TGR function a step further, the Club Selector automatically recommends the appropriate club for each shot, even indicating when the distance falls between clubs. Simply input the striking distance for 3 specific clubs and the GX-II will do the rest. The GX has scan mode when you want multiple readings in one quick sweep. Just hold down the power button and the display will continuously update with accurate line-of-site measurements. PinHunter Technology Try ranging a pin or fluttering flag from over 300 yards away! It’s not a problem for a GX golf rangefinder from one of the most premier range finder manufactures Leupold. When it comes to hunting down and ranging the pin, Leupold has a wealth of knowledge and experience. For the last century Leupold has been building precision optics for the most demanding of recreational, military, and commercial uses. Every GX golf rangefinder has been precisely calibrated to fire a laser beam exactly at the target in the crosshairs. The proprietary beam geometry improves laser returns from the pin and the advanced GX ii software accurately separates those returns from objects in the background. You can be sure the results you receive from the GX are the most precise available from any golf rangefinder on the market. TGR Technology The TGR feature of the GX-II uses sophisticated, algorithmic based software, in addition to temperature altitude inputs, to tell you exactly how far you should play a shot. The GX-II takes into account how you hit the ball and determines what club you should use to break through the horizontal line at 170 yards, continuing downward to fall at the pin at 183 yards Specs – Leupold Rangefind

VedaloHD Argento2 R Golf Sunglasses $219.95 VedaloHD Argento2 R Golf Sunglasses Features NXT Lens Technology High strength Beta-Titanium wire frameware. Wide angle Titanium alloy hinges for amazing comfort especially under a headset Multi-point frameware anchors are screwed –not pressed- into the rimless lenses Unbreakable NXT cast-polyurethane polymer HDL-3C lenses. They simply will not crack, break down, or distort. Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Argento2 R Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

VedaloHD Giallo R Golf Sunglasses $149.95 VedaloHD Giallo R Golf Sunglasses Features Polycarbonate Lens Small-frame, anodized Italian metal frameware Rectangle shape with elongated lower outside corners for superb glare dispersion Straight-back temples with spring-loaded hinges and padded stems HDL-3C polycarbonate lenses for a color-balanced, panoramic ocean view from the cockpit of your Sea Phantom Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Giallo R Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

VedaloHD Giallo S Golf Sunglasses $149.95 VedaloHD Giallo S Golf Sunglasses Features Polycarbonate Lens Small-frame, anodized Italian metal frameware Rectangle shape with elongated lower outside corners for superb glare dispersion Straight-back temples with spring-loaded hinges and padded stems HDL-3C polycarbonate lenses for a color-balanced, panoramic ocean view from the cockpit of your Sea Phantom Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Giallo S Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

VedaloHD Serpente R Golf Sunglasses $149.95 VedaloHD Serpente R Golf Sunglasses Features Polycarbonate Lens A wide, brow-line visual shield with a wrap High strength Italian plastic frameware with piano hinges Straight temples and down-turned ear fit snug in open air or blowing spray HDL-3C lenses for a high-definition, color correct picture of the wake line Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Serpente R Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

VedaloHD Serpente S Golf Sunglasses $149.95 VedaloHD Serpente S Golf Sunglasses Features Polycarbonate Lens A wide, brow-line visual shield with a wrap High strength Italian plastic frameware with piano hinges Straight temples and down-turned ear fit snug in open air or blowing spray HDL-3C lenses for a high-definition, color correct picture of the wake line Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Serpente S Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

VedaloHD Argento2 S Golf Sunglasses $219.95 VedaloHD Argento2 S Golf Sunglasses Features NXT Lens Technology High strength Beta-Titanium wire frameware. Wide angle Titanium alloy hinges for amazing comfort especially under a headset Multi-point frameware anchors are screwed –not pressed- into the rimless lenses Unbreakable NXT cast-polyurethane polymer HDL-3C lenses. They simply will not crack, break down, or distort. Technology In the game of golf, you have many choices of what clubs and ball to play, but for revolutionary sight, there is only one. VedaloHD Argento2 S Golf Sunglasses will equip golfers with an edge never before imagined. Using an exclusive sun filtering technology called HDL-3C, VedaloHD increases visual acuity, depth perception, color and color contrast to enhance playing ability from the tee to the green. No matter what part of the lens you look through, you will always see the sweet spot with VedaloHD.

Confidence GOLF Mens POWER Hybrid Club Set & Stand Bag $99.99 460cc titanium driver with 12° loft for added forgiveness, fitted with steel shaft, complete with headcover. 24 degree hybrid iron with a steel shaft, replaces the difficult to hit longer irons. 6-7-8-9-PW easy to hit cavity back irons with steel shafts. Putter fitted with steel shaft. Upgraded stand bag with auto pop legs, plenty of external storage and raincover included as standard….

The first thing that you will notice about clone golf clubs is that they cost approximately 1/3 of the price of the big name clubs . The bottom line is $900 to $1400 for a full set of name brand clubs, compared to $300 to $500 for clones. For the average golfer, with an average income, that is a very significant consideration. Why the big difference in pricing? It is mostly due to the millions of dollars that the brand name companies spend on advertising and professional player endorsements. They have to recover those costs and the end result is that their products must be sold at much higher prices. They also need to provide for their dealers so they allow large profit margins, near 50%, and allow limited variation from the suggested retail price.

An in-depth look at the differences between clone golf clubs and those of the name brands must also include an examination of the manufacturing sources. Manufacturing of golf equipment has moved out of the USA because of the cheaper labor in China and Mexico. Presently, all golf club manufacturing has moved out of the US . In fact, there are foundries in China that produce both name brand club heads and clones. The assembly of golf clubs is a little different story. There is some assembly being done in the US but mainly by the clone producers because it allows greater flexibility in the custom options being offered. In general, the retailers of clone golf clubs offer an easier, broader, route to customized clubs than their name brand competitors. They offer significantly more options in shafts, grips and custom fitting services that are difficult to get in the name brands.

What is the difference in club performance ? There is a logical conclusion to that question. If the club head designs are similar, the manufacturing sources the same, and the clubs heads are fitted with similar shafts and grips, clones are surely capable of performing as well as the name brand clubs. Occasionally, you will see evidence of it when a professional carries a clone club in his bag. And further, he uses it because it works for him. It happens infrequently because most pros are being paid to play the large name clubs.

The physical difference between clone golf clubs and big name brand clubs is extremely small, but the price difference between the two is huge. If you have not yet been totally indoctrinated by the nonstop media hype and advertising surrounding the big club names, you can save a lot of money by purchasing clones and you will play just as well as you would with any other brand.

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