Our products are primarily sold at golf courses, off course golf specialty shops and certain sporting goods stores. Authentic Titleist products should not be sold at flea markets. In addition, authorized Titleist accounts are not permitted to sell new Titleist products on Internet auction websites. When you make purchases in these unauthorized locations, there is a much greater chance that the products offered are counterfeit.
To find an authorized retailer, please see our Golf Shop Locator. I think I purchased a counterfeit Titleist product, what can I do? You should contact the seller immediately. Most online auction websites have policies to protect a buyer against this type of activity. You can also share this information with Acushnet.
Please note that Acushnet can not reimburse you for your purchase of counterfeit product. But you can help stop this practice by sharing your experience with us.
How do I report counterfeit Titleist product? Please click here to report counterfeit Titleist product. This information will aid our efforts in stopping this practice. I recently read the article in Golf Magazine about the counterfeit problems in the golf industry. Yao seems to take his job very seriously, which is a good thing. It's pretty sad that there are people in this world today that would do such things.
It's even more sad that there are "towns" in China, etc. However, I'm sure that there are other jobs available and they need to stop what they're doing! It's ridiculous. Along with Mr. Yao, Acushnet, etc. I'd never purchase anything, let alone golf equipment, on an auction site, or any other non-authorized Titleist site, etc.. There are way too many risk involved.
However, to each their own. If you happen to come across an item that you think is counterfeit, anywhere, you should contact Titleist, or whoever, A. Wow , Thanks for the information. This is one of the main reasons I do not purchse clubs over the internet. It's too bad there are sellers that scam others just to make a buck! I have heard there are numurous scotty cameron fakes out there, especially on the interent.
What are some tips for the scotty cameron the spot fakes? The wedge was shipped very fast and upon taking it out of the box it is truly not used. Please leave them in the comment box below or contact us through email or phone. If you are in the market for some used clubs, you can check out our eBay store for our selection of authentic equipment.
If you are looking to sell your old equipment before upgrading, check out our trade in website to see what your clubs are worth. You must be logged in to post a comment. Counterfeit Grip Details May have a strong rubber odor like a swimming pool float or a bicycle tire. The grips logos may also not be aligned properly when the club is sitting at address. If there is a brand logo, many times the paint fill will be coming out and the font will be slightly different.
The design of the grip may not match. Sometimes the grip design will be from an older model club. See our TaylorMade SpeedBlade post for an example or look at the image below.
Many of the counterfeit grips we have seen on counterfeit clubs have also been smaller around like a ladies size grip. This counterfeit grip was a design used on TaylorMade Irons from several years earlier.
Counterfeit Ping Grip on the left. The paint fill is not solid and the grip is smaller than the authentic one on the right. The counterfeit Scotty Cameron grip on the bottom is totally different than the authentic. This was a design used on older models. Counterfeit Shaft Details Counterfeit shaft bands tend to peel up and are not straight on every club.
Also, they could be in a different place between clubs for an iron set. Many of the shafts will feel flimsy or not as stiff as the flex stated on the shaft. The colors may be off on the shaft bands or the graphics if the club has a graphite shaft.
See our post on a counterfeit G15 Hybrid we received to see an example of a graphite shaft. Many of the major manufacturers have started putting a holographic sticker on the shaft.
As a result counterfeiters have followed suit, but they are not putting it in the same location. Most stickers on authentic clubs are placed on the underside of the shaft up by the grip or down next to the ferrule.
Counterfeit clubs usually have this sticker near the shaft band on the top of the shaft so it is easily visible. They figure it will make it look more authentic I suppose. You can check our counterfeit TaylorMade SpeedBlade post for a good example.
Counterfeit Project X Shaft with a much brighter color of blue and a holographic sticker below the shaft band. Counterfeit Ping G15 Graphite Shaft. As you can see, the graphics are a good bit different on the top shaft which is the counterfeit.
Counterfeit Head Details Irons and Wedges Paint fill will be slightly off color and sometimes will also be outside the lines. Font used will be slightly different or maybe a slightly different size. Most of the time the font lettering will be thinner on the counterfeit. Branding and lofts will be in a slightly different location on the club head. Ferrules will be a different style. As an example, Titleist and Mizuno normally use a longer ferrule, but almost all the ferrules on counterfeit irons are shorter.
The shape of the head will be off. Many of the counterfeit clubs I have seen will look totally different from address than an authentic club. Since I have played Titleist Vokey Wedges for many years, I immediately knew a counterfeit Vokey wedge as soon as I set it down and looked at it from address.
The shape of the head was different. The finish is almost always different. On our counterfeit Vokey, the authentic club had a satin finish and the counterfeit was shinier. Counterfeit TaylorMade SpeedBlade. Finish is different, colors are off, and font is slightly different. Counterfeit Titleist AP2 Iron. Font size on the AP2 is much larger on the counterfeit.
Diagonal lines in the cavity are different. The word Forged is written in a much thinner font. I emailed a guy in Titleist customer care, he replied the head is authentic.. Now I'm just looking a good shaft for it. Thanks guy.
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