Category: Pinemeadow Golf
If you're a bargain shopping golfer, Pinemeadow Golf is just what you're looking for.
In 1985, Pinemeadow Golf became one of the first companies to focus on making legal clones of brand name golf clubs. A "smart follower", Pinemeadow looks at what's hot and what works, and then produces their own products around those ideas.
Before you dismiss the concept, think about this: Dell, Compaq and others got their start making cloned computers.
Through it's internet store, Pinemeadow offers club designs that match those of Callaway, Ping, Odyssey and other big name manufacturers -- at a fraction of the price. Their online custom fitting program offers more than 19,000 different combinations of clubs, lengths, and flexes.
Pinemeadow is so sure that you'll like their clubs that they offer a thirty day 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Pinemeadow ZR1 Driver
PineMeadow says that its ZR1 is designed to offer the same technology and performance as the Ping G10 at a fraction of the price. At 460cc, this titanium driver is at the maximum legal limit. The oversized head creates a massive sweet spot and incredible forgiveness on off-center shots. It’s availabel in 10 and 12 degree models, with a variety of shafts. You can get it for as little as $99.
I’ve bought several products from Pinemeadow over the years and found all of them to be well built and offering good, if not great performance. I especially like the hybrid I got last year. I especially like the company’s 30 day playability guarantee.
Command BK Irons
I love black finish irons, and wish that more companies offered the finish as an option. Black, to me, has a certain inherent look of seriousness of purpose.
Pine Meadow’s Command BK Irons are designed as an ultra-forgiving club suitable for golfers of all skill levels. The company compares them in performace to the TaylorMade R7 line.
With a deep cavity and fine top line, the weight is moved to the perimeter to maximize the moment of intertia (resistance to twisting) and forgiveness. With a large “sweet spot,” off center shots will fly longer and stay more on-line.
The black finish on these clubs, PineMeadow says, will in time wear on the bottom into an oil-can finish like the wedges so many like.
The best part of these clubs, though, is the price. You can get a 3-PW set for as low as $179.
Pinemeadow ZR1 Hybrids
The PineMeadow ZR1 Hybrids offer many of the features of the Ping G5 hybrids at a fraction of the price. With its long profile and wide sole, the ZR1 offers the accuracy of an iron and the playability of a wood. It’s designed—like all hybrids—to offer a higher and longer shot.
The only problem that I’ve found with hybrids is that they often can created a distance gap in clubs. My experience is that I hit my 4 iron replacement hybrid longer than I ever did the iron. It takes a bit of adjustment.
If you don’t already have one in your bag, the ZR1 offers a good chance to try a hybrid for yourself—especially since they start at just $39.
Pinemeadow Tour Series Bloc 455cc Driver
With the Bloc, Pinemeadow Golf gets into the square headed driver sweepstakes. As with others of this design, the intent is to move the weight as far from the center as possible. Weight moved to the back edge of the club improves the launch angle, while weight moved to the outside increases the moment of intertia, thus improving distance on off center hits. The titanium clubhead comes in at a massive 455 ccs.
As with all PineMeadow products, this one comes with a 30 day playability guarantee, so there’s virtually no risk to you to try it.
Pinemeadow Tour 780 Draw Driver
Pinemeadow’s Tour 780 Draw builds on the success of its 780 Tour design. To help cure the dreaded slice, Pinemeadow has moved the clubhead’s center of gravity toward the heel. The added weight helps to cure the most common cause of the slice: an open clubface.
Further customization of the club is possible through an optional weight system.
