I BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST DRIVER ON AMAZON... AND WAS SHOCKED!!!
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- I BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST DRIVER ON AMAZON... AND WAS SHOCKED!!! I spent £24.99 on the cheapest driver I could find on amazon. there's a huge debate at the moment about the price of golf clubs. golf clubs have never cost more money, but do expensive golf clubs give you a lot more than cheap golf clubs? in this ultimate expensive golf clubs vs cheap golf clubs video I put the cheapest driver ever head to head against one of the most expensive... the Taylormade m5 driver... which driver will perform better value for money? which driver is a "bargain"? let's find out... and let's do it now!
James, as you say, golf is to be enjoyed. Doesn't matter what sticks you have....walking in the fresh air and hitting some good shots with your pals is priceless
I think on a "Dollar per Yard" basis the cheap driver wins big time!
Nice video,
The Amazon Ram has 85% of the performance for 5% of the price. This is why I buy "name brand" second hand clubs. I can get yesteryear's performance (which in most cases is 95% or closer of the brand names new equipment) for 25% of the new equipment price.
% of performance for % of cost is the perfect metric. Totally agree, a few year old stick is the way to go
My husband started playing golf a year ago and drives me mad watching all your videos! I’ve never hit a golf ball in my life, I’ll test the driver for you! 😂
Friend won a Cobra F9 Driver in a raffle. Took it to the range and hit 10 balls. Didn't like it so I bought it for £150
I just bought a taylormade M6 for $150 from a friend who switched to a sim2
Bottom line; The biggest difference is likely shaft materials. The material of the head factors, sure. The length of shaft, yes. But this is a stepped steel versus a top of the line tapered graphite shaft, likely spine aligned.
Test the Wilson Harmonized wedges, < $30.00 a piece.
I had one of those great wedges for the money
I use the 56 degree, it's my favourite club in the bag. Havent found a Cleveland or a vokey that could replace it
I’ve got the 50 and 56 in those, pretty good wedges TBH, especially for the price
I've got the 60 and I love it. Would love to see a review of these wedges!
I bough the c3i tele wedge and its just as good for me as the 300 $ wedges and better than the 30$ wedges on amazon. Ihave the lot of them.
My golf buddies have said for ages now that golf is getting far too expensive....it's great that RAM are still producing these golf items. Now much can be said of VICE and PEARL for golf balls. Trying to keep the price of golf down to intice new players 👍👍good one james lad
Seeing beginner testing would be phenomenal. It shows just how forgiving equipment really is.
I'm also a fan of used clubs. My M2driver, when I bought it, was a demo club, and being left handed had had very little use. It cost me £60.
Honestly I want see a putter version of this.
Maltby clubs from the Golf Works are the best bargain in golf they're great clubs at half the price
Picked up a Second Hand Odyssey 2 Ball Blade Putter for $6 (AUD)
Like to see that head in a longer graphite shaft? Cheap head, premium shaft?
Just this year... a Taylormade R7 Draw driver, from around 2006...not a mark on it, absolutely new condition, even the grip was perfect. Found it in a barrel at a flea market... $3 (yup, I meant three dollars).
RAM Zebra mallet putter was a legend. Nick Price won majors with that
That's the putter I use now
Tom Watson used one too.
I think the best option is to buy the previous year’s models when their price is approximately halved.
Absolutely!
Yeah but they are still “not budget”. Full set of iron even last year model can cost here around 500$ for the best brand. Maybe buying older model second hand will cost 350$ but you will have awesome set.
Maybe not the greatest bargain ever but you can now get a brand new M3 driver for £199, or pay £499 for a new M5.
Adrian Jackman 199 for the M3 is good price and better option in my opinion than a brand new one 3x the price.
Sports Direct Slazenger V300 £17
V300 irons less than £10
4-SW+Putter =£90
The M5 should have gone 20x further for the money, right!? ;-)
Also how long they hold up too to care in mind. The face on the cheap one already looked notably worn after 3 or 4 strikes.
I would like to see you test some Tour Edge equipment. The Hot Launch 4 Irons are set to be released on August 1. I think a great comparison test would be those irons vs the Taylormade M6’s or Callaway Rougues. They will retail around $425 US dollars for 4-PW,AW.
I play tour edge irons and woods I love their woods there irons to me lack feel and for my game they're not the best but ppl that want to get it in the air and git it long it's great for them
I bought a Ram driver new for $40can about 10 years ago. It did have a graphite shaft (reg flex). I decided to get the shaft replaced with an x-stiff to suit my 108mph swing speed. I was ridiculously impressed! I played that driver for 8 years, and I still keep it in my bag as a backup since I'm so comfortable with it.
Yard sale 1984 Ping eye 2 black dot 2i thru sand wedge 20$.
All my clubs are from 1998 to 2002. I can't justify spending $1500 to $2000 to maybe take 1 stroke off. i bet if i took $1500 worth of lessons i could take 5 strokes off.
Found a $1 cobra pitching wedge at my local Muni. Favorite club in the bag.
Sad news. The cobra pitching wedge broke 🥺
I think you are better off with a used driver from an established manufacturer. Even if it is ten years old, it probably will do better than this.
I became a member at a second golf club this year, and since I did not want to have to drag my bag back and forth, I decided to put together a small carry bag with older clubs for the second course. I did not have a spare driver lying around, so I bought an old King Cobra SZ driver on ebay for 5 €. Now, it is a tiny bit shorter than my Cobra FlyZ (which is what I play in my normal bag ... bought a few years back brand new but as the next model was coming out ... paid 100 € for it), but it comes in a high quality lightweight ladies' shaft and it is so much fun to hit. When you middle it, It is the loudest driver I know. And it has a lot of offset, which allows me to take the right side of the holes out of the equation and just rip it.
You really don't need to spend 500 € on a driver, no matter what Taylormade, Callaway and PXG are trying to tell you. But getting something of higher quality second hand is probably getting you further than buying cheap new crap.
I would like to see you compare some old iron sets (i.e. some old Ping Eye 2) vs Ping's latest CB irons. I was arguing with my buddy that iron tech really hasn't moved forward like drivers. They just call a 3 iron a 4 iron now. Would love to see a comparison
Got entire set of Wilson Ultra golf set with bag for $120 on Amazon Prime Day earlier this week.
Does not matter what you use it's how you use it I use a $10 driver that out drives my Callaway by a ton
Best deal yet #gigagolf TRX irons 4-SW with UST graphite shafts $286.20.
would love to see gigagolf clubs compared to their 'real' counterparts - I learned on 'clone' clubs and maintain its the best way for beginners to learn.
I bought them as a second set when commuting between home a work address. Had Taylormade Burner 1.0 irons. When I retired and came home I kept the TRXs.
I had a full set of gigagolf clubs minus driver. v11 irons and pursuit woods and wedges. Good clubs. Now I have a full set of Maltby clubs from golfworks.com I love their clubs, my profile pic is a maltby TS2 forged iron.
@@jesseg5923 What did the Pursuit woods sound like?
@@four4fore Not the worst sounding but a little ping, wouldn't call it muted for sure
Mizuno ST180 driver bought “used” looked brand new $80 with an Orange Tensi shaft🔥
Really wish i could get ahold of that im from Tennessee my favorite football team's color is orange and I have all mizuno irons and wedges.
Best deal I got was Titleist 710 cb 5-pw in really good condition for $55 on eBay
i have been playing a set of Rams for about 5 years now and they have been the best budget clubs ive ever used.
I think your broader fan base is probably higher handicap players, your average joes. I love your on course lessons and they actually have helped me. I started last August and I'm already down to an 18.5 hcp. Also if you could find an average Joe and help him like you did Spriggsy that would be cool too.
I would rather go for used clubs.
Just reetered the game this year. After a pause of 16 years.
Driver: M1 '16, Wood 3, 5 M1 '17, Hybrid 4 M1 '17 all together less then €500
Now I'm looking for a repalcement of the irons of my my old Taylormade 320th
Not sure if this will be a used deal as well, or I'm going for the first fitting of my life.
James, I have only been playing a year and I purchased a Benross Hot Speed 2, 9.5 degree loft never been hit off of ebay for £35.00 delivered. Graphite shaft and I have managed to get a carry of approximately 230yrds with the occasional 250yrd carry. Admittedly at the moment I'm not always hitting it straight but for me at the moment it is perfect, I think one of the reasons why people don't take up golf is the price of equipment, my 1st set was £40 of FB market place, once I knew I loved the game I got fitted for some Irons as at 6ft 6" I struggled with the standard size set of Wilson deep reds and sold the original set for £40 On Fb so got my money back. Slowly I'm adding to my bag but can at least get out and have fun.
Full set of Ping Black dot with driver and 2 hybrids....and Titleist Putter for $125 US. Felt good about it.
Best bargain ever, Maltby irons.
I would love to see you compare Maltby irons to the leading brands. I think they are a massive value.
Interesting comparison and I've a beginner who wants to try a driver so the RAM looks perfect at the price!
I bought titleist 695mb with true temper black gold shafts 3-pw for €140
For a newbie and just wants to go up and just hit a ball.... this is just ideal. PERFORMANCE is still decent for £25. Most golf clubs and golf manufacturers are pricing out newbies and people that just want to hit a ball.
I would like to see lake balls pearl grade Vs new balls. Would love to see if there is any difference
James your playing catch up with Liam and OMP with these reviews but as always you don’t need to spend a fortune to enjoy a round of golf 👍🏌️♂️
Bought ping s56 irons 4-PW and a 56 degree wedge all for 199$
I got my set of 718 AP1s brand new for $450 on Craigslist. The guy had won three sets of them in Kenny Perry's golf tournament. He had nothing to lose on the sale.
Might pay to check them with a pro, that sort of spiel from a seller is a give away for fake clubs.
You can buy a decent 2nd hand driver for £50. In terms of that Ram driver, why not try reshafting it to make it longer and see how it feels then? I'm very critical of paying over £100 for a club when people don't pay enough attention to investing in their short game as that is where you will take strokes off of your game. £25 for a driver is still a bargain.
the thing is its still 0nly 150 yds on average to the pin on the average par 4 par hole
Try the wilson 50 balls 9.99 a doz
I usually go to clubhouse golf and get the deals from two years ago 👍
brand new srixon Z-star for 14 £/duzin :D
Used to use ram clubs made some gr8 stuff in the 90’s then went down hill never heard from them again seems their still around😜
They good make good bags too
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Used to use a RAM before I got my M1, such a solid club!
“Amazin” 😂😂😂
Full junior set of cougar golf clubs when I was 10. Came with a 440cc driver, 3 wood, 5 wood, 3 hybrid, 4-pw, a putter and a bag for 149.99. They weren't that great of clubs. But they were the first new set I'd clubs I ever had and it really got me playing alot more golf than I did when I started!
Callaway steelhead iii 5 wood from ebay. Cost me £6 + p&p. Love it. Great for 2nd shots on par 5s or long par 4s.
Would like to see you test some cheaper wedges as the premium brands are now £120 each!
150 dollar brand new m3 that I just bought
Used set of Callaway Steelhead irons $100., Used Ping G30 driver. $180. five lessons with my local pro.
Thought my Fg Tour f5 irons 5 to GW £70.00, then passed it with nearly new Cleveland 588 Altitude Graphite Shafted 5 to PW £100 sooo forgiving. You should review the Ram Golf Laser Hybrid Irons Set 4-SW £169 on the web.
Test out the square strike edge, vixa vx 12, gx7
If you go to sports direct you can get a slazenger driver for less than that one in graphite or in steel shaft.
Oooooooo this could be a test!
Golf bargain......used in very good condition, Taylor Made 2017 M2 irons, with TM graphite shafts, 4-AW.......$249.00. Bought in April, 2019 at Edwin Watts, Houston.
Tom Watson won majors with RAMs
I will say that is the most I have seen you sweat on an indoor test...lol! You make up for the price in effort in your swing! Great work James. Keep bringing the great content.
I wanna see that same driver with a good shaft in it at 45.5”
More like 18 of them for the price of the m5 but nonetheless very impressive lol
My bad! Hahahahaha
Putter would have the least amount of impact
New shirt - fresh out the bag perchance?? 😂
Bought a brand new Callaway MacDaddy for £4 in Dubai where they had put the wrong price tag on. Was supposed to be £40 but still pretty chuffed with it. One of my best clubs ever
Hi James been a long subscriber & love the content,the best bargain I bought was a hotspot putter for £10 ,come down from 22 to 11 & changed everything in the bag & more but carnt change the putter,can you do a review on the cheapest mallet buyer to the most expensive thanks rich Todd
Appreciate that Richard thanks mate. I did a video last week on an old Tom putter which was good value. It’s a give away too!
Thanks James was it a comparison vlog & do you have club you would never want to swap or go back to cheers
test the Ben Hogan wedges and irons. online only
Maybe a better comparison might be to pick a good brand on Golfbidder with a budget of say £50. Just a thought!
Should have bought a driver with a graphite shaft to make a fairer comparison.
Why doesn't your ball pyramid go down???
They're glued together ...
Try the plastic driver
Cool idea to test budget equipment! Yes do give it to amateur players and let them whack some balls with it.
There are some bargain new clubs to get you going, but you are far better spending the cash on a 2nd hand driver (even 10yr + old), surely a 10year old ping/taylormade etc etc is going to easily outperform a similar priced new club like the one in this vid.
Deffo need to do similar test on irons and wedges, in particular these 20-30£ wedges you can pickup from sports direct etc.
I have a 13 year old Mizuno Driver and it out performs my new M6 consistently by 20-30 yards!!!
If you don't need the cheap one send to me in Germany!! My driver is about 15 years old it works but not up to today's standards!! Looking forward to how it works out!! I think you can enjoy golf on a budget I play or practice about twice a month!! Would like to see some wedges as well!! Is that 30€?
Best deal was a brand new Cobra King F7 Driver for $49.99 on clearance in 2018.
Oh, no!!! Let us live in the illusion that expensive is so much better?😁😁😁😁
I spent 26 years of my life thinking that golfing was boring until I moved from Punta Cana to Albuquerque New Mexico and a friend took my golfing, im addicted now, soooooo much fun, yesterday just bought the ITourEdge 370 13 parts golf set, hoping to become a decent player soon and when I go back to my country play in those lovely courses. Love your videos btw.
Yes I would love u to try some more stuff like this.
Hernandez Patricia Martinez Jose Thompson Richard
charity shop finds - John Letters T7+ irons 5-pw = £10, TaylorMade R580 driver = £5
I got an ex demo (but not used as left hand) Stealhead XR 4 Hybrid. £40 price tag, took it to the till and it was actually £29! Bargain and brand new.
To start what have you lost 25 quid for a D - amazon is the winner in the test , Golf is the winner if it introduces a life's obsession to have fun / get better/ compete!!!💥💥💥💥💥🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I shoot 74 with 4 birdies i am so happy now
I started playing golf again 3 months ago at 63 after a 16 yr layoff. Bought myself a Ram Driver for $79 Aussie, Graphite shaft, fishing rod flex 😂😂. Chronic slice, just like i like apple pie, a REALLY big slice. So this morning i saw an M5 9deg Tensei Stiff shaft on Marketplace that was won by a fella and used for 9 holes , snapped it up for $300. Hopefully fix my slice a bit..
I had the Pro Ace Irons set. it costed 149euro. can you test pro-ace irons, just only to see how the perform? when you searching somebody who can test golfclubs with you - send them to me. i have my golflicense since last year. im beginner and have hcp -54, never played a clubtour to get my hcp down and i was since last year 5 times on the golfcourse and played 1 time a round of 9 hole. i can test them for you and make a video with my oppinion about the club :-)
Ram is a big historic name in golf. Today, Ram is re-entering golf with very inexpensive but good quality equipment, especially for high handicappers.
Good video James I bought a brand new Benross Evolutionr driver last year for about £180 and when I hit it well I can get about 250 yds which I sometimes achieved with my last titleist driver, so you don't have to spend big money to get similar results
Always hitting that pull hook?! This is one bad/ugly swing
I bought a 2014 TaylorMade SLDR for 50€ on ebay and I‘m hitting it 230 yards (as a high-handicapper).
That‘s plenty for me, and it‘s also highly forgiving. Now, that‘s a deal in my book. I couldn’t justify 500€ for a brand new driver and then embarrass myself slicing it OOB...
Let me be terribly honest: too many who play are so caught up on name brands and appearances. I think they think somehow those products will automatically improve their games. I just spent $329 on Amazon for a MacGregor Golf MacTec X Hybrid, Fairway Wood, and Driver. That's right, all three for less than many spend for their driver alone. Marry that purchase to my Cleveland Golf TA5 Gunmetal Irons (I bought used for $150), and a Nike Ignite Putter, I bought for $10 at a thrift store, all saddled up in my Cleveland Golf Stand Bag ($125 off CL), and you have a very healthy and reasonably affordable weapons catalog, on the cheap.
Truth is: there's a group of golf companies who are awesome, but are considered substandard because their names don't resonate with the masses as being any good or delivering any cache. I laugh at that philosophy. Why? 95% of all golfers shoot over 100. You can buy rusty old clubs at a garage sale and do that.
We need Mark and your Dad to test it out
Would love to see you try the Slazenger V300 graphite shaft driver, £21.99 from Sportsdirect, and/or the Benross Evolution R driver, adjustable driver for £199 (or less)
Because I like unique clubs. I would like to see a comparison and review of Yonex's ADX 300 driver (solid graphite headed driver). I would like to know why they moved away from this technology.
Haha I knew it was gonna be a Ram. It sounds and feels like dog doo. This club is TRASH. Beginning golfers shouldn’t be playing steel shafted drivers. Don’t lie to the people about increased ball speed.
Best bargain? LESSONS
Edit: instead of thinking that you NEED a driver put that money into some lessons or just hit your 3w off every tee (except par3s) you’ll get more control the extra loft will help you and just work on getting your swing to a consistent place.
DONT LISTEN TO THIS DUDE. The fact that he’s keeps saying 24.99 should worry you. Any decent player can hit any club so comparing the two doesn’t really matter. If you actually want to improve as a beginner work on that 3 wood off the tee and spend that money on lessons with an actual PGA instructor and most importantly don’t watch videos here on TH-cam thinking it will make you a better player. It won’t. It will only make things worse. Golf is all about feel and you won’t develop that watching vids.
I got a Callaway xr driver for 70 bucks
Cheap drivers are available by different manufacturers. If you need a quality driver at a reasonable price look for a used one. Wilson and a few others have complete set for Between $200/$400 (US). Example: www.wilson.com/en-us/golf/complete-sets/men/men-s-profile-sgi-complete-golf-club-set-carry#
This may be a good option for a “Newbie” golfer
Thanks for the review. By any chance, do you think the other version of that Ram driver which I have currently, the EZ3 (blue) thats is graphite shaft would perform any better or different? I got the entire set at Amazon for $230
This is quite a few years ago when Hybrids were relatively new. I couldn't hit my 3 iron (my driving iron) and I had a tournament the morning after. A friend of mine told me I should replace it with a hybrid. I did. 18 years later, it's STILL IN MY BAG. It's a RAM 18° and I hit it long and straight with more than 90% of my shots. It cost next to nothing and it has become the longest-serving club in my bag along with my reliable old two-ball.