For a start, the major makers of clone golf clubs are true golf companies in their own rights. Their own design departments create club designs that are manufactured with the exact same materials the big OEM's use. These golf clubs incorporate the same design features such as club volume, moment of inertia and cavity backed irons, to name just a few.

Club design is governed by the rules of golf. Club heads have to abide by these confines, otherwise they are considered non-conforming and cannot be used in competitive play. That's not limited to the pro tours either. Bagging a non-conforming driver in your monthly medal could well get you disqualified.

Manufacturers of quality golf clones will submit their clubs to the game's governing bodies for approval (USPGA in the USA, R&A in Europe) in the same fashion as the main OEM's. This takes time, resources and is very expensive so nobody selling cheap fakes would go to the expense and effort of submitting their clubs, only to see them turned down.

Take a driver for example. For a driver to be conforming, it has to have a volume of 460 cc maximum. It's not sufficient for a producer to claim their drivers are less than 460 cc. The game's governing bodies have to confirm they aren't. If they are under the limit, they are listed on the Conforming Driver lists. If they fail the test, they go on the Non-Conforming Driver lists.

A word to the quick here. Some makers of second-rate knock-offs proudly proclaim their drivers are conforming and point to the fact that these clubs are nowhere to be found on the non-conforming lists. All that translates to is that they haven't been submitted for testing. Conforming drivers go on the conforming list. If a club isn't on the non-conforming list, that doesn't make it conforming.

Designing and creating conforming clubs takes a lot of skill and attention to details. The limits placed by the rules are very strict and it only takes a tiny manufacturing discrepancy to end up with non-conforming clubs. Size isn't the only parameter to take into consideration. With restrictions on club-face rebound for instance (the Coefficient of Restitution) potentially influenced by even a minimal variant in thickness of the driver face, tight controls in the manufacturing process becomes vitally important.

Clone clubs from respected companies conform to the rules of the game and will be a lot easier on your wallet. Using the same quality materials as the big golf companies and with the same (or better) shafts, these are high quality golf clubs that will make golf that much more satisfying. As a bonus, many of the top companies offer their clubs with custom fit options.

What you end up playing is a set of premium, conforming, custom built golf clubs that will perform as good as, if not better, than those expensive off-the-rack OEM's. What you won't get is the price tag.

And that's not a bad result for a set of custom golf clubs.

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