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How Much Do Golf Clubs Cost? The Average Prices Explained

How Much Do Golf Clubs Cost The Average Prices Explained

Golf clubs can cost as little as $2 at a garage sale, or over $2,700 for a brand new Piretti 801R Tour Only Stainless Putter. 

We hope you really love your short game!

So how much do golf clubs cost, and why do they cost so much?

You’re about to find out that and more.

What’s in a Club?

Titanium alloy clubs should be more expensive than stainless steel or graphite, but again consider that Piretti 801R.

The cost goes beyond materials alone.

Since the 1990s, there have been several revolutions in club designs, and what even constitutes a “complete set”.

Because of these technical advances, things like hybrid clubs have upset the normal paradigm completely.

No longer do you have a standard 3 to 9 iron set with a wedge, for example.

Taking a club from today back into the early 1990s would be like showing Marty McFly a Tesla in 1985.

The Skinny on a Fat Price

Why is a club priced as it is? It isn’t complicated, it’s just very layered. Here’s how it can be broken down:

  • Corporate costs
  • Research and development
  • Materials and manufacturing
  • Retailer markup
  • Taxes
  • Profit

One-third of a golf club’s cost to you is straight up retailer markup. 

Another third of the price comes from the material costs and manufacturing processes.

As the geometry and materials become more exotic, so do the manufacturing processes.

Research and development is actually a very small part of the pie—barely over 2% or 1/50 the cost of the club.

Clubs use physics and materials that are often used first in other fields, that have been tested rigorously.

Again, just over 1/50 the cost of your clubs are the taxes the manufacturer pays to the government.

Don’t you wish you only paid a 2% tax on your earnings?

Let’s give them a break though because only 4.5% of the cost for a golf club is profit.

Although, this is money that the company stores away, not the salaries of the company executives. That comes from “corporate costs”.

Corporate costs are sales and marketing expenses, sponsorships, and of course the salaries of those at the production company.

These costs are estimated to be around a little less than a quarter of the total cost.

So you don’t have to feel too bad for them after all.

How to Pay for It All?

On average, golf clubs for casual players range between $200 to $400.

A lot of considerations go into this like build and material quality, whether it’s a pre-made set at a sports shop or a custom set made just for you.

If you would rather put all those technological considerations into practice on a custom set that we talked about or go the Piretti route, you don’t have to put it on your credit card.

You could, or you could get more information on how to finance it and save on that APR.

However, that is again when the cost per club is in the hundreds or thousands, and not part of a basic set.

How Much Do Golf Clubs Cost? Solved

So, how much do golf clubs cost? It depends.

As most things in life are, this cost is variable. The way to pay for it is up to you: cash, credit, or financing.

If you want it to be a weekend gathering with the guys, just for fun, maybe the $200-400 range is for you.

If you want to be the next Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson, you’ll have to pay for the pleasure of your clubs being state of the art.

If this brief brought you out of the rough and onto the green, we’ve got so much more to share! Keep browsing to learn more!

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