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I'm playing with my second set of Pings (Zing 2's). At the start of
this season, I sold my Ping Eye 2's for a pretty good price in relation
to what I originally paid for them. I had several inquiries long after
the sale was made.
As far as playability goes, go with whatever feels right with you. Many
clones or knock-offs are as good as anything else you can buy. My one
knock on knock-offs is that their resale value is next to nothing. If
you plan on playing these things to death or passing them along to
someone else in the family, it might be the way to go. If you think
you're likely to spring for something else in the next 2-5 years, go
with the Pings now.
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tolerances, I think the shafts and the grips that go on them are far
more important than the the heads. You can buy iron head for about
$5-$10 but the shafts range in price from about $3-$100. Many
knockoffs are made by clubmakers and not mass produced in a factory.
Providing the clubmaker has a little knowledge about fitting, you could
get a knockoff set that will suit you better than something out of a
factory, and get some personal service along with it. Also, the grip
is the only part of the club that you touch and a custom clubmaker has
hundreds to choose from. I'm not saying that brand name clubs are not
good equipment, just that you can put an Aldila graphite shaft (or
whatever you like) on a cloned head, pick exactly the grip you like and
end up with a very good club at a more reasonable price. This is
evident in the explosive growth of the components business. The
average golfer can have his clubs custom made at a fair price or even
have a go at making them himself.
JT
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.2 and .3 present interesting information about brand-names vs
knock-off club makers. I'm aware of some of the brand names
(ping, lynx, etc), but I don't know who the 'knock-off' makers are.
Can anyone post the names of some of the 'knock-off' clubs? I'm in
the market for clubs and would like to be able to look at brands and
determine where they come from!
thanks,
Dick
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