Guides

Written pieces, as opposed to the rest of this site, which is computed. Each one says something we can only say because we measured it, across 1,739,674 recorded prices and 74,764 products.

Why "60% off list price" means nothing Most golf discounts are measured against a number a shop chose. Here is what that hides, using our own board as the example. How fast golf clubs lose value What a driver costs new, what it costs now, and how much of that fall happens in the first two years. What a used driver actually costs in the UK The middle of the market, the spread either side of it, what moves a driver between those bands, and why the cheapest listing is usually a different question. The same club, two shops, and the gap between them We measured the distance from the cheapest to the dearest live listing of the same club. It is much wider on some clubs than others, and the pattern is not random. What one generation of Vokey wedge is worth SM8, SM9 and SM10 at matched lofts, priced from what they sell for. The same wedge, one model number back, at a measurable discount. What last year's driver actually saves you Consecutive generations of the same driver, priced from recorded sales rather than from the discount on the box. Used iron sets, or seven single irons Building a set one club at a time looks cheaper. We priced both, and it is not. What we mean by a typical price, and when we refuse to give one The method behind every figure on this site, including how often it declines to produce one. An auction bid is not a price Why every auction on this site is stored apart from everything else, ungraded and unranked, and why we will not tell you how much of a discount a bid represents. The cheapest sensible way into a full bag What fourteen clubs cost at typical used prices, which ones eat the budget, and where shopping around actually pays.