New Drivers Are Too Expensive. Or, Are They?

[Groundhog34]

THIS IS RIDICULOUS

 

 

 

 

Great Big Bertha Drivers

 $699.99

[ChetlovesMer]

  On 1/20/2023 at 12:27 AM, Groundhog34 said:

THIS IS RIDICULOUS

 

 

 

 

Great Big Bertha Drivers

 $699.99

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In 2005 I paid $499 for a Callaway FT-5 Driver. Which was their premium top-of-the-line driver. They had other models you could get for $399. Remember, these drivers had no adjustable neck. You had to either buy the draw version, the fade version or the neutral version. 

In today's money that's $731.00

 

$699.99 sounds about right. 

[iacas]

The inflation calculator says: $399 in 2005 is worth $606.36 today. So, close.

[ChetlovesMer]

  On 1/20/2023 at 2:06 AM, iacas said:

The inflation calculator says: $399 in 2005 is worth $606.36 today. So, close.

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Exactly.

In 2005 you could buy Callaway's Fusion Driver for $399 which is about $600 today, the same as the new Paradigm Driver. 
You could have purchased the Callaway FT-5 driver for $499 (which is what I did.) which is $730 today. That was their super-premium offering similar to the super premium GBB of today for about $700. 

So, if drivers are too expensive today. That means they have pretty much always been too expensive. 

[DrvFrShow]

Drivers have always been super expensive. The only problem is that my income hasn't kept up with the inflation.