You can argue about whether you can actually buy better scores, but one thing you have to say clearly: There is a point where more money certainly doesn't bring in more performance. And that's a point where a player is more interested in pushing a certain status symbol on the course than in actually playing good golf with it. Everyone as he wants. You can also argue about whether you have to buy an SUV for 100,000 Euros. And the same applies to a set of clubs that costs five-figure sums.
We have compiled a small ranking of the most expensive golf clubs in the world. The list is definitely not set in stone and will change somewhat over time. So please do not consider it as a kind of statistic. Our aim is to present the most expensive golf clubs of different noble brands.
5th place: XXIO
This manufacturer is from Japan and focuses on players with below average club head speed. XXIO players are mostly golfers who simply want a functional and lightweight club that makes the game easy. The clubs are also available online and already assembled. An XXIO Driver costs 700€ upwards and a set of clubs about 2000€.
The small manufacturer from Japan has worked hard to earn its good reputation. Miura irons are known in professional circles as the best irons you can buy. At least when it comes to classic blades and cavity back irons. In this segment Miura is very far ahead which is mainly due to an innovative forging process.
Miura was not much more expensive than comparable manufacturers like Mizuno a few years ago. However, demand increased strongly worldwide and prices developed accordingly. In 2020 a single Miura iron including shaft, grip and assembling costs between 300 and 400€, a wedge 350€.
3rd place: Ryoma
Also a manufacturer from Japan who is particularly interested in players who want to simplify their game and have a simple decision when buying. Especially the Ryoma Maxima Driver could be known to some connoisseurs. This driver promises especially long strokes and has caused quite a stir in the past. There is a lot of technology and relatively little marketing behind Ryoma. It is not as if you see a lot of advertising from this manufacturer and the number of dealers is also limited.
A Ryoma driver costs 1000€, an iron set about 2000€.
2nd place: PXG
The first non-Japanese manufacturer. PXG was founded by Bob Parsons, a very eccentric Texas billionaire. PXG turned the entire golf market upside down and challenged conventional iron manufacturing. The result was a forged iron head with a plastic filling. This was designed to provide maximum length and forgiveness.
In the meantime, there are several players on the PGA Tour who rely on PXG and the brand has long since achieved cult status. The path of PXG is the same as for Miura, with clubmakers who merely purchase the club heads and assemble the components. This alone makes for high prices. And the fact that PXG has very high development costs that must be compensated.
A PXG driver with a decent shaft is not available for less than 850€ and the new Gen 3 irons cost 570€/iron. Wedges and putters can also be very expensive with putters up to 800€. A complete set of PXG clubs can easily cost 7000 to 8000€.
Let us now come to the manufacturer of the most expensive golf clubs. The problem with Honma is that they also offer relatively cheap and very high quality golf clubs with the Honma XP1 and TR20. In these cases an iron sometimes costs less than 200€ and also a driver is absolutely affordable with about 630€ and not much more expensive than drivers of the big manufacturers.
However, there is a big but and that is "Beres". Honma Beres is, so to speak, the inventor of the segment of light golf clubs that can be easily played by players with low club head speed.
If you want to buy a complete set of Honma Beres today, you have to calculate with 6000 Euro for 14 clubs. At least in the 2 star version. But there are even more stars. And more stars mean extra charges. This is mainly explained by the fact that the shafts are of higher quality. These are hand drawn and a 5 star shaft is rare and difficult to produce. Therefore the prices can reach incredible heights.
It has to be said that the quality increases of course, but it is primarily a matter of prestige if you really want a 5 star Beres set. The price is then around 60.000 Euro. Honma is therefore also the manufacturer that offers the widest range. From 185€ per iron to 60.000 Euro sets.
Golf can be played fairly cheaply these days with second-hand outlets like eBay and Golf Bidder along with bargain prices in shops like Sports Direct.
However, there has been a growing trend of more premium-priced equipment in recent times, especially after PXG launched in 2014.
Premium golf equipment can set you back a fair amount these days, with drivers retailing at over £500 and iron sets now frequently costing in excess of £1,000.
Below, we list some of the most expensive golf clubs you can buy in 2019...
Honma Beres - £60k+ for full set
We recently tried out Honma's Beres range and more specifically, a £4,000+ gold driver.
The Beres range features star ratings all the way up to five, with a full set of five-star clubs costing around the £60,000 mark.
“You can have your name engraved in the clubhead, you can have your name engraved in the shaft, you could change the colours," Honma Custom Fit Specialist Luke Peterken told us.
"If this gold was a little bit too blingy for you, you could change that to – we’ve got a selection of about 10-12 colours in both clubhead and shaft as well.
“Let’s say you were looking at a five star set of these, all in gold, you’d be maybe £60k+ for a set of 10-12 golf clubs.”
Related: Honma's £4,000 gold Beres driver tested
Titleist CNCPT irons - £3,500 for 7 irons (£500 per club)
Titleist CNCPT irons were recently launched and will be the company's most premium model on the market.
They embody the concept of pushing the limits of iron performance, design and manufacturing with no cost limits and using the best and most expensive materials.
There is a more forgiving CP-01 iron and a more blade-like CP-02 model.
Related: Titleist CNCPT irons launched
TaylorMade P7TW irons - £1,899
TaylorMade's most premium and precise irons to date were recently launched and are the clubs that Tiger Woods currently uses and won the Masters with.
The 15-time Major winner has had them in the bag all year, as has free agent Tommy Fleetwood.
Related: All the details on TaylorMade's P7TW irons
- BUY NOW: TaylorMade P7TW Irons for £1,899 from American Golf (opens in new tab)
PXG
Parsons Xtreme Golf launched in 2014 by billionaire and keen golfer Bob Parsons who was unsatisfied with the golf equipment on the market at the time.
He launched the company with the vision of making the best possible golf clubs without any financial constraints, which meant that a driver cost somewhere around or above £850, a set of irons was £2,500+ and their premium wedges are over £900.
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Putters can be bought for between £499-£599.
PXG has arguably the best custom fitting operation around so chances are that the clubs will perform right up there with, or above, anything on the market.
Equipment Editor Joel Tadman went for a second custom fitting with PXG recently and the new Gen2 driver has come down in price on the previous model, so perhaps their pricing strategy is being lowered a touch.
Callaway Epic irons - £1,799
Callaway's Epic irons were launched in 2017 and were some of the most expensive clubs on the market at the time at around the £1,799 mark.
That total doesn't seem as much now, but it is still right at the top end. Of course, the clubs are now around two years old so will likely be available for a little bit less.
Chip Brewer, CEO, Callaway Golf, said when they were launched: “A few years ago I challenged Dr Alan Hocknell, our Head of R&D, to design the very best Iron that he would play, seeking maximum performance without any limits to the cost or engineering process. Epic is that iron.”
Miura IC-601 - £2,000+
Miura, like Honma, is a Japanese company that specialises in premium golf clubs.
They make some of the best looking irons out there and the company's IC-601 are some of the most expensive.
For a set of seven (4-PW) they come in at just over the £2,000 mark, which is just under £300 per club.
Miura's wedges also retail at around £300 per club.
- BUY NOW: Miura IC-601 Irons for £2,034 from Scottsdale Golf (opens in new tab)
Scotty Cameron Gallery Putters - Price in the thousands
Scotty Cameron putters are some of the most desired flat sticks on planet golf and for good reason.
The master craftsman has created putters for some of the world's finest players for decades now and his Gallery Shop online is a place where fans can get their own special models.
As you can see in the picture above, these limited edition putters go for thousands of dollars, with the top one at $15,000 - a Tiger Woods replica.
If you're after one, monitor the site closely as they go very, very quickly!
Bentley Centenary Set - £12,000
The British luxury car company celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and it revealed a special set of golf clubs to mark the occasion.
There were only 100 of this Centenary Set made, with the company's 100th birthday coming on 19th July.
They feature centenary gold woven into carbon fibre and replicas of the unique wheel centre caps from the famous EXP Speed 8 winning Le Mans car on the wood heads and grip end caps.
Available from July, the sets will cost £12,000.
Bettinardi BB1 Limited Edition Copper Classic putter - £699
There were only 250 of these limited edition Bettinardi BB1 putters made.
The face features a 110 Copper insert for an ultra soft feel over the company's patented Honeycomb face milling. The head is made of 303 Stainless Steel and it comes with a quilted leather headcover.