| Do these golf club knock offs play like the | | | | Purchasing a clone of a just discontinued |
| real deal? | | | | model allows anyone looking for discount golf |
| | | | equipment to save even more money on the |
| Ping golf clubs are the best and Ping is one | | | | older clone models. This is the ultimate in |
| of the world's premier golfing brands. The | | | | cheap golf equipment. |
| originals are designed and engineered by Ping | | | | |
| Golf. While they are some of the finest golf | | | | The ZR1 irons golf club clones are now |
| clubs on the planet, they are not cheap | | | | available from our friends at Pinemeadow. |
| clubs. | | | | They call their Ping iron clones the ZR1. |
| | | | These irons feature an undercut cavity and |
| If you want to find Ping features in a | | | | multi-tier mass replacement system that |
| discount golf club, one option is Ping golf | | | | balances the club weight in the Ping style. |
| club clones. These cheap golf clubs are made | | | | |
| by severalmanufacturers who practically | | | | You can design your own club by selecting |
| duplicate the Ping engineering features as | | | | orientation, shaft, length and flex, grip, |
| part of their manufacturing process. While | | | | lie and even shaft orientation. The |
| they do not carry the Ping brand, they | | | | attractive club design is a beautiful shot |
| certainly have the look and feel of Ping golf | | | | preen finish. This golf club clone is perfect |
| clubs. | | | | for middle and high handicap golfers. |
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| While this may be a relatively new phenomena | | | | The Ping clone golf club fairway woods and |
| to the golfing world, this is exactly what | | | | irons also have a low weight distribution for |
| the Japanese did to the American | | | | a high launch and maximum distance. |
| automobileindustry a few decades ago. How | | | | |
| many of you who are reading the article on | | | | There are some differences in the engineering |
| golf club clones own a Japanese car? While | | | | and manufacture of these discount golf knock |
| many consider clones golf club knock offs, | | | | offs. If not, the clone golf club |
| they still perform like the real thing. | | | | manufacturers would be spending more time in |
| | | | court than on the clone manufacturing floor. |
| As the brand manufacturers keep changing and | | | | While the design and features are basically |
| updating their products, so do the golf club | | | | the same, the materials differ. While the |
| clone companies. In 2007, Ping introduced its | | | | Ping golf club may be titanium and a carbon |
| new line of Rapture golf clubs. The Ping | | | | composite, the ping clones may just have a |
| Rapture series driver combines titanium and | | | | titanium head. This difference is much more |
| carbon fibers to create a driver that is long | | | | important to the PGA pro of low handicap |
| and quite forgiving off the tee. The club | | | | golfer than to your average weekend player. |
| head is weighted and balanced to produce a | | | | |
| high launch trajectory with minimal spin. | | | | Ping also has a line of ladies golf clubs and |
| | | | yes, you can most certainly find ladies golf |
| The clone golf club manufacturers were not | | | | club clones. One can even have custom clones |
| far behind and soon drivers with the same | | | | made. This is probably the height of discount |
| Ping features were selling online and even in | | | | golf knock offs. |
| some retail outlets. The same strategy used | | | | |
| in the Ping Rapture driver held for Ping | | | | In the day of high energy prices, saving a |
| woods and Ping irons. Ping has upgraded their | | | | little money on discount golf equipment may |
| Ping G5 series to the Ping G10. Great buys | | | | be a good financial strategy. And it probably |
| are still available for Ping G5 clones. | | | | won't affect your game. |