How to know its genuine

How do you know that the golf club your buying is a genuine one. obviousely if its from the pro shop you can garantee it is. but buying second hand or off ebay?

Just looking at some vokeys and dont want to get stung?

but cant afford the full pro shop price

A very good point, there is always the danger of getting stung on ebay and not being able to get hold of the seller. Why not check out  http://www.golfbidder.co.uk it gives you a 12 month warranty.

depends how much use they have had mate.

All ways ask yourself why is the person selling?

Matt

the grooves are pretty irrelavent on these wedges, it's the surface finish on the striking face that's important to imparting the high spin speeds.  If you have a look at some pictures of Vokeys and MD's you'll see the machine marks on the striking face - the spin milling.  Basically it's a roughened surface that 'grips' the ball on impact and the less sharp these edges are the less spin you'll get.  Have a look a this on golfbidder http://www.golfbidder.co.uk/product/272043/Titleist_Spin_Milled_SM60_04.html# and you'll see where the grooves are worn.  Buy new if you can and keep it scrubbed clean for as long as you can to retain the spin capability.

Personally I would recommend buying an MD wedge with a spin milled face, the Vokeys are really expensive and I'm not sure us high handicappers are good enough to tell the difference.  Depends if you think that paying more for a name necessarily means it's a better piece of equipment..

I'll have a Vokey SM60-04 please David, the fiver is in the post.

The only thing you press daily David is the 'on' button on the TV remote

David

Can you bring it up to the Southern Cup so I can take a look?  Thinking about bringing all my old stuff down for an ad hoc car boot sale.

What a good idea, Tim, I have plenty sitting around doing nothing.

I'll bring a marquee!