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Played with a mate today who has just been fitted for a Ping G400 driver with a fancy shaft. Are you sitting down?
£650!
£650!
Pin-seeker
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Jesus wept.
That's just crazy.
That's just crazy.
I played with a guy yesterday who also played with a G400 but didn't have the courage to ask the question. I don't know if it was a standard shaft or fancy one but either way they are not cheap. It did look gorgeous though but nothing is that gorgeous.
xcore
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I know a guy who got fitted for an epic just over £700
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I have heard that there are some golfers out there with more money than sense - and still... money can't buy you love..
though if he traded in last weeks £650 model for £450 then he in fact has only spent £200. And I suspect that quite a few do that...
though if he traded in last weeks £650 model for £450 then he in fact has only spent £200. And I suspect that quite a few do that...
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Tashyboy
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When I was fitted at Ping HQ, there was a short discussion re shafts. Depending on what was your swing speed etc, it Related to what shaft you had whether that be stiff or soft. Once that was decided the cost of some of those shafts was somewhat scary. Now don't get me wrong playing off scratch or a low handicapper, they might well see the benefit of such an expensive shaft, but me am hacker off 21, a bog standard shaft will suffice thankyou.
Dave R, what is your pals handicap.
Dave R, what is your pals handicap.
User20205
Money List Winner
As long as he can afford it & his kids aren't going hungry so what. His hobby/his money no issue.
Pro Zach
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Or the alternative fact is, total cost = £850.
This for me all day long, can't see the issue.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
I read the OP as a comment on the cost of the shaft for a golf club, not a judgement on his mate actually spending the money (maybe I'm wrong though)
And 650 for a shaft does seem a smidge expensive wouldn't you say (but I suppose in an age when they charge 650 bucks for a mass produced mobile phone and folk still buy it then anythings possible)
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The issue isn't him spending the money. He is a single guy playing off 3. The comment was to do with the amount manufacturers charge, the mark up must be staggering.
Maninblack4612
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People spend more than this on beer & flags in a year.
Slab
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Mark_Aged_42
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So a second hand one then
Maninblack4612
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hines57
Challenge Tour Pro
When it comes to the "special" shaft options, I guess they cease to be mass produced and are therefore more costly. Still a lot to pay out, but the higher price is not that much of a surprise. We have a member who was fitted for and purchased a special shaft. Single handicapper who could afford it and was looking for something more that the stock clubs could provide.
Parsaregood
Head Pro
Yeah the markup is staggering, they charge the rrp for the stock club including the stock shaft plus the uncharged for the exotic shaft the only difference being you don't receive the stock shaft lol if I were in this guys shoes and got fitted for a shaft with a £250 uncharged I'd definitely just buy the stock club and then buy the shaft used off ebay. I really feel most of the manufacturers take the biscuit when it comes to certain things and I'd also be keen to see the difference between the best stock options and this shaft, I play off scratch and have always used off the shelf shafts? Fair enough if the money means little enough to the guy that he doesn't mind spending it but for a single club it's an extraordinary amount to shell out. I think the markup on shafts,balls,grips and drivers must be a fair amount and it's only recently the ball and grip market has started to see some competition from more reasonable competitors and the performance seems to be up there with them. Think about it £43 for 12 pro vs there must be a huge markup there and funnily enough the price of them hasn't moved an awful lot the last 10 years I wonder what it was then
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In this case he went to a top fitter who is able to get the components from the manufacturers. £300 for the head and £350 for the shaft.
Parsaregood
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Simbo
Tour Rookie
I have a friend who is a club pro and the he says the mark up for pro v balls isn't much at all.
As for the price of this club, yeah it's a big amount for the club, but sometimes £650 isn't a lot of money to some people and if he can afford it and wants to pay it, why not? He could well look at people and say why did you pay 20k for a car? All you do is go a few miles to work then down to,Tesco, you could've bought a car for 10k to do that.
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