A used golf club is worth roughly what the next golfer will pay for it, less the cost of getting it ready to sell again. The model and its age set most of that figure, and the condition of the head, shaft and grip sets the rest. We buy used clubs through our trade-in and sell them on graded, so this guide uses our own prices to show what moves a club's value.
Quick summary
- A used club's value comes down to its model and age, its condition grade on the head, shaft and grip, and whether it arrives complete with its weights, badges and every iron in the set.
- Newer models sell for more: 3 of our 12° Senior flex PING drivers sell for about £130 (a 2014 G30 SF Tec), about £230 (a 2021 G425 Max) and about £427 (a 2025 G440 Max).
- A trade-in offer sits below the price a club sells for, because the resale price also pays for inspection, cleaning, regripping, postage and the time the club waits for a buyer.
- We pay by bank transfer, or in store credit worth an extra 10%, within 1 to 5 working days of your clubs arriving and passing inspection.
- Our online quote is instant, stays valid for 24 hours, and sending the clubs to us is free for UK residents.
- Dents, cracks, damaged shafts, missing weights and fakes get no offer, and a split or worn grip lowers the offer a little to cover the regrip.
How much are my golf clubs worth?
Most clubs from a major brand are worth something, and a recent driver from TaylorMade, PING, Callaway or Titleist still sells for a few hundred pounds second-hand. The value falls as the model ages and as wear takes it down the condition grades.
These 3 PING drivers from our stock all have a 12° head on a Senior flex shaft, so the price gap between them comes mostly from age and condition:
| Driver | Launched | Grades (head, shaft, grip) | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| PING G440 Max | January 2025 | Excellent, Excellent, Excellent | About £427 |
| PING G425 Max | January 2021 | Fair, Good, Good | About £230 |
| PING G30 SF Tec | 2014 | Fair, Fair, Fair | About £130 |
Those are our selling prices, and a trade-in offer for the same club comes in below them.
What decides the value of a used golf club?
Our trade-in tool prices a club from its model and the condition you describe, and our inspection checks the club against your answers. This chart shows what keeps an offer up and what lowers it:
Model age and the release cycle
The newer the model, the more it sells for. PING has brought out a new G family every 2 years since 2021: the G425 in January 2021, the G430 in 2023 and the G440 in January 2025. Our G440 Max and G425 Max are the same type of forgiving PING head with the same loft and flex, launched 4 years apart.
PING introduced the G440 family in January 2025 and called the 460cc G440 Max the most forgiving of its 3 new drivers, with a 29-gram back weight that moves between 3 positions (PING). It comes in 9°, 10.5° and 12° lofts, each adjustable by 1.5° either way (PING G440 Max). Ours has a PING Alta CB 55 shaft and is graded Excellent on head, shaft and grip, and it sells for about £427 in our used PING G440 range.
The G425 Max is 2 generations older: PING launched the G425 range in January 2021, with fittings from 11 January and clubs in shops from 4 February (National Club Golfer). Ours has a UST Mamiya Elements shaft, a head graded Fair and a shaft and grip graded Good, and it sells for about £230 in our used PING G425 drivers. The extra age and the lower head grade take almost half off the G440 Max price.
The model name on the club tells you which generation it belongs to. The PING drivers of the last 15 years include the G410, the G400 and the 2014 G30. TaylorMade's Stealth driver came out in 2022 and Callaway's Paradym driver in 2023, and both brands have launched newer drivers since.
Brand
We buy every major brand, including TaylorMade, PING, Callaway, Titleist, Mizuno, Cobra and Wilson, from drivers and fairway woods to iron sets, wedges, putters and hybrids. Clubs from relatively unknown brands are harder to sell on, and the postage to send one in can cost more than the club is worth to a buyer, so we don't make offers on them.
Condition grade
We grade every club on its head, shaft and grip separately, using the grades in our condition rating guide. The grades are about cosmetic wear: every graded club is fully functional and structurally sound unless its listing says otherwise, and the same 4 grades apply to woods, irons, wedges and putters.
| Grade | What it means |
|---|---|
| Brand New | Never used, in or out of its packaging, with its original matching headcover where it had one |
| Excellent | Used infrequently and well looked after; may have very light marks on the face |
| Good | Signs of regular use, with no scratches or marks on the topline or crown |
| Fair | Heavier wear from repeated use; may have 1 or 2 sky marks on the topline or crown |
The trade-in tool asks you to rate each part in the same way, and the offer follows your answers. If the condition we find differs from your description, we email you a revised offer before going ahead: you can accept it, or have the clubs sent back for £5 per parcel.
Grade and age together set the price of an older club. Our 2014 PING G30 SF Tec has a PING TFC 419 shaft, is graded Fair on head, shaft and grip, and sells for about £130 in our used PING G30 drivers. That is about a third of the G440 Max price for a 12-year-old head that still works as a driver.
Club type
How long golf clubs last depends on the type, and so does how well they keep their value. A driver head lasts 10 years or more unless it cracks, which is why a 2014 G30 still sells. The grooves on a sand or lob wedge wear enough to cost spin after about 75 rounds, so a well-used wedge shows its age long before a driver does.
Shaft, flex and hand
The quote form asks which hand the club is for and what flex the shaft is, so check both before you start. The flex is printed on most shafts, and we buy and sell left-handed golf clubs as well as right-handed ones.
A properly fitted replacement shaft is fine, and a split or worn grip won't stop us buying a club: the offer is a little lower to cover regripping it, and most used clubs get regripped before resale anyway. A damaged shaft is one of the faults that rule a club out.
Weights, badges, headcovers and complete sets
Adjustable drivers and fairway woods need every fitted weight in place and the wrench port intact, and irons need their badges (PING irons are the ones most often sent in without them), because both set the weighting and balance of the club.
An iron set has to be a set. The smallest we accept is 6-PW, and every iron needs the same shaft brand, model, weight, flex and length. A 5-PW set missing its 8 iron can't come in as it is, though a 4-PW set missing its 5 iron can come in as a 6-PW. We don't count an approach or gap wedge as missing. An iron from a different model counts as a missing club, even a close one such as a Mavrik Max 9 iron in a set of Callaway Mavrik irons.
If you still have the headcover and wrench, box them up with the driver. Our listings show the headcover when one comes with the club, and whoever buys an adjustable driver needs a wrench to change the loft.
Damage that rules a club out
Everything we take in is cleaned, graded and sold on to another golfer, so a club has to have cosmetic wear only. These are the faults that mean we don't buy the club, and the smaller ones that only lower the offer:
| Fault | What happens to the offer |
|---|---|
| A dent or crack anywhere on the head | No offer |
| A counterfeit club | No offer |
| A bent, snapped or splintered shaft, rust pitting into a steel shaft, or graphite worn through the paint | No offer |
| A missing weight or iron badge, or a damaged wrench port | No offer |
| A head that twists at the hosel, or a poorly fitted reshaft | No offer |
| A putter that doesn't sit flush at address | No offer |
| Persimmon woods, old blades and clubs from unknown brands | No offer: the postage can cost more than the club sells for |
| A rattle, usually dried glue loose inside the shaft | Lower offer |
| A split or worn grip | A little lower, to cover the regrip |
| A loose ferrule | We still buy it: a ferrule is an easy fix |
Fake golf clubs give themselves away in the paint, the fonts, the serial number and the weight, and the manufacturer can check a serial number for you. If you're unsure about any club on this list, send clear photos to our trade-in team on WhatsApp before you post it.
Demand and how much stock we hold
Our trade-in prices move with market demand and with our stock levels, so a quote stays valid for 24 hours. If you're happy with the figure, complete the trade-in inside that window.
Why is a trade-in offer lower than what the club sells for?
The price a used club sells for pays for everything between your parcel arriving and the next golfer's order. For us, that covers:
- Inspection. We check every club against the condition you described and for signs that it's a fake.
- Cleaning and grading. Each club is cleaned and graded on its head, shaft and grip before it's listed.
- Regripping. Most used clubs get a new grip before they go back on sale.
- Postage both ways. Sending your clubs in is free for UK trade-ins, and orders over £100 ship free to the buyer.
- Returns and time in stock. Buyers get a 60-day return window, and a club stays in stock until it sells.
Selling privately can get you closer to the full resale price, with the photos, the listing, the postage and the payment risk on you. A good price for golf clubs sold privately starts from recently sold listings of the same model in the same condition.
Cash or store credit: which is worth more?
Store credit is worth 10% more than cash. Choose cash and we pay the quoted price by bank transfer; choose store credit and we add the 10% on top of that cash value.
| Cash | Store credit | |
|---|---|---|
| How you're paid | Bank transfer | Credit to spend on our clubs |
| Value | The quoted cash price | The cash price plus 10% |
| When | Within 1 to 5 working days of inspection | Within 1 to 5 working days of inspection |
| Best for | Clubs you've finished with | Part-exchanging towards your next club |
Store credit suits a part exchange. Trade in a driver you've outgrown and put the credit towards one of our used drivers, and if the new club has already arrived, reuse the box it came in to send the old one. Take cash if you don't plan to buy another club from us, since the credit only has value spent here.
How do I find out how much my golf clubs are worth?
Our online trade-in tool gives an instant quote for each club. These are the steps from quote to payment:
- Find the model. Search the make and model in the trade-in tool on our sell or part-exchange page.
- Describe the club. Answer the short questions on dexterity, flex and the condition of the head, shaft and grip.
- Get the quote. Enter your email address and the tool shows a cash price and a store credit price, valid for 24 hours.
- Add more clubs and check out. Add each club to the quote, then fill in your contact details, your address and, for cash, your bank details.
- Post them free. Box the clubs up with some bubble wrap, take the box to a Post Office and show the QR code from your confirmation email; the staff print the label.
- Get paid. We inspect the clubs when they arrive and pay within 1 to 5 working days, by bank transfer or as store credit.
You can track the order and download the QR code again from the top right corner of the sell page. Selling your golf clubs to us takes the same steps for 1 club or a full bag.
For the resale side of the number, find the same model in our used range and match the grade: that's what a golfer pays us for it, and a trade-in offer sits below it.
How can I get more for my golf clubs?
- Trade in sooner. Every new launch makes your model a generation older, and each season of play adds wear.
- Keep the parts together. A driver or wood with a missing weight gets no offer, and an iron set with a missing club can't come in as it is.
- Clean them first. Grass in the grooves and a grimy grip make a club look more worn than it is, and cleaning golf clubs takes warm water, a little washing-up liquid, a soft nylon brush and a towel.
- Grade honestly. A grade that matches what we find keeps the quoted price; one that doesn't means a revised offer, or £5 to send the parcel back.
- Leave the old grip on. A split or worn grip lowers the offer a little, to cover the regrip, so there's no need to fit a new one first.
Frequently asked questions
Are my old golf clubs worth anything?
Yes, if they're from a major brand, structurally sound and recent enough for another golfer to want them. Our 2014 PING G30 SF Tec still sells for about £130. Persimmon woods, old blades and clubs from unknown brands are usually worth little or nothing to a used-club shop.
How much are 20-year-old golf clubs worth?
Much less than a recent model, and some are worth nothing to a used-club shop. A 20-year-old club has been replaced by many newer models, and for blades and other very old clubs the postage can cost more than the club sells for, so we don't make an offer. If yours are from a major brand and have no damage, search the model in our quote tool: it shows in seconds whether they have a trade-in value.
Do golf clubs hold their value?
They lose value as newer models arrive and as wear takes them down the grades, but a sound club from a major brand keeps a resale value for years. Our 3 PING drivers show it: about £427 for a 2025 G440 Max, £230 for a 2021 G425 Max and £130 for a 2014 G30 SF Tec.
How much do golf clubs depreciate?
There's no fixed rate. The drop depends on the model, how many newer models have followed it, and its condition grade. On our 3 PING drivers, the 2021 G425 Max sells for a little over half the price of the 2025 G440 Max, and the 2014 G30 SF Tec for about a third. To check your own club, compare it with the same model in the same grade in a used range like ours.
How much should I sell my golf clubs for?
For a private sale, price them from recently sold listings of the same model, loft, flex and grade. A trade-in offer will be lower than that figure, because the buyer takes on the cleaning, the regrip, the listing and the returns.
Is a golf club trade-in value calculator accurate?
Ours is accurate for the condition you enter. The quote is instant and based on your answers about the head, shaft and grip, and we honour it if the clubs match that description when we inspect them. If they don't, we email a revised offer, which you can accept or turn down and have the clubs returned for £5 per parcel.
How much are vintage or hickory golf clubs worth?
Hickory-shafted and other antique clubs sell to collectors, so an antiques or golf memorabilia specialist is the place to have them valued. A used-club trade-in prices clubs for playing, and we don't buy persimmon woods or old blades.
Where can I sell my golf clubs for cash?
You can sell them to a used-club retailer that buys outright, as we do, or privately through an online marketplace. We pay within 1 to 5 working days once the clubs pass inspection. A private sale can raise more, but it takes longer and carries the risk of a buyer who doesn't pay.
