The head Golfer Geek and all Golfer Geeks’ contributors are avid golfers and golf enthusiasts nuts.
We loooove testing and learning about the latest gear and equipment. We write reviews and recommend products as though we are talking to a close friend…because that’s how we think about our readers.
Golf is an expensive sport (for the most part), and we want our and your dollars to count. So, we only recommend products we’ve tested and believe in.
We get many products submitted to us from manufacturers to test, but we get many more by buying them.
- We’d rather waste our money on a sub-standard product so you don’t have to.
As a result, you will only see products on these pages that deliver results.
We’re slowly implementing a new rating system. Below are the details.
How We Rate Golf Products at Golfer Geeks (Updated May 2026)
At Golfer Geeks, we aim to provide clear, consistent, and transparent evaluations of the golf gear we test.
So, we’re trying to standardize the way we review. Not easy because much of this is subjective.
Even when you compare numbers like distance, launch, peak height, etc. My swing changes from day to day, but I can get a general sense of how clubs compare.
Our rating system helps you compare clubs across brands and models based on both measurable data and real-world experience.
We rate each club using a 0–5 scale across six key categories:
Bag Appeal
How good does the club look at address and in your bag? Clean, classic, modern, confidence-inspiring?
Sound & Feel
Sound & feel at impact. Is it buttery, solid, muted, crisp, or clicky? How does it feel when you pure it — or don’t?
Distance
Distance potential. Does it bomb the ball consistently or leave you clubbing up?
Forgiveness
Forgiveness on off-center hits. Does it keep your mishits playable? How much distance loss. How is launch, trajectory, or shot shape effected.
Launch & Flight
Ball flight characteristics: launch, trajectory, and ability to shape & flight shots.
Wallet Damage
Is the club worth the investment? How does it compare to the competition.
Our Scoring Scale Explained
How we judge cons
I only list a con when there’s a gap between what the manufacturer promised and what the club delivered for the golfer it was built for.
If a driver is marketed as forgiving and I found it forgiving — that’s “Nada.” It did its job.
When you see a real con, it’s because something didn’t match the promise: a year-over-year upgrade that wasn’t actually an upgrade, premium pricing on a club that doesn’t look or feel premium, sound that regressed from the previous model, etc.
Here is everything we look for before we feature products on our pages.
Only review non-gimmicky products
There’s no shortage of new, weird, and/or suspect golf training aids and clubs coming out all the time. You’ll never see them on this website.
Extensively scour through user reviews
After we test the product for ourselves.
We value our hands-on experience above all. But, we want to know if we missed anything or if there’s a common complaint; we want to address it in our review.
Analyze the brand’s marketing claims or promises
We’ve all been exposed to the hype around the next best training aid or club that’ll fix your golf game in just 3 swings or other such nonsense. We don’t buy it and we won’t sell it.
Look for the best places to buy
Remember: We are golfers and we buy this stuff for ourselves too.
- We give multiple buying options when it makes sense for you.
- We try to combine getting the best price from the best sellers with ethical consumerism (helping out the little guy).
Things you will NEVER find on Golfer Geeks.
Take sponsorship fees
We get many sponsorship offers from many brands to place their products higher on our lists or somehow make them more prominent.
- We do not accept these offers.
We view our readers as clients. (Someone we take under our protection) Our rankings and reviews reflect our opinions from our testing and research.
Post anything without thorough research
All our articles went through a thorough research process, and we don’t make recommendations lightly. So if you read it on our site, you can be sure it’s gone through all the points above, and you can trust the advice.