How we price used golf clubs
Every price on this site comes from real eBay listings, cleaned and compared like for like. Here's exactly how, so you can judge the numbers for yourself.
1. We collect today's listings
Every day we search eBay through its official Browse API for each of the 384 models we track, one search per model line plus a broader search per brand and club type. Today that's 16,008 listings on eBay UK across 367 models, plus the US, Germany, Australia and Canada when you ask for them.
2. We keep only whole, genuine clubs
Heads only, shafts, grips, headcovers, single irons from sets, driver-and-wood bundles, replicas, broken clubs and accessories are removed. A listing priced under the lowest believable price for its type, or far under the rest of its model, is dropped as a part or a mistake.
3. We match each listing to its exact model
We read the brand, then the club type, then the model line from the title, so a Ping G430 driver is never mixed up with a G430 hybrid or a G425 driver. We also read the hand, shaft flex, steel or graphite, loft, head version (Max, LST, SFT), set makeup (4-PW, 5-PW...), headcover and condition words, from the title and the start of the seller's description.
4. We work out a typical price for each condition
For each model, listings are split into four conditions: new or unused, excellent, used, and well worn. The typical price is the median Buy It Now price including postage of each group, after removing outliers (anything under half or over double the middle, then anything far outside the middle half). We need at least 4 comparable listings; with fewer, the condition uses the model's overall used price and says so.
5. Iron sets are priced per club
A 4-PW is 7 clubs and a 6-PW is 5, so comparing whole-set prices would make small sets look like bargains. We divide each set's price by the number of clubs and compare that with the model's typical price per club.
6. Each listing gets a deal score
The score is the listing's price against the typical price for the same model and condition: "12% below typical" means it's 12% cheaper than the middle listing like it. Auctions show the current bid instead, because a bid isn't a price yet.
7. We flag what looks wrong
A listing 40% or more under typical is marked "too good to be true?" and never counted as a deal: that's where fakes, heads only and mislabelled listings sit. Sellers with under 10 feedback, or under 97% positive, are flagged. "Safe deals only" in the filters hides both.
What these prices are, and aren't
They're asking prices from live listings, not sold prices: clubs often sell a little under them, especially with Best Offer. We record the daily typical price for every model to build our own price history. We earn a small commission from eBay if you buy through our links; it never changes what we show or how we score it.