5 Old Clubs Used On Tour That You Can Still Buy (For Next To Nothing)

Just because many of the world’s best golfers have equipment deals, it doesn’t mean they all play the very latest clubs. Yes, they’re encouraged to do so, but it’s not always straightforward convincing a tour player to make a change.

If you were to walk along the driving range at a tournament, you’d see plenty of ‘old favourites’ or retro clubs in the bag and clubs that are several generations old. Club golfers are just the same. We all have fond memories of certain models. Maybe it’s an old 5-wood or one of the first ever hybrids. It might be a little worn, but if it’s still performing…

Here are just five clubs that are still being played on tour by some of the very best - and you can pick them up for a fraction of the original retail price.

Robert MacIntyre - TaylorMade AeroBurner Tour Fairway Wood

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is one of those players who likes to swap and change gear; he probably has a garage full of old sets. However, one club in particular comes in and out of hibernation - a 15° TaylorMade AeroBurner Tour fairway from 2015.

The Ryder Cup star has been using the old faithful since his amateur days. It’s a club that has a shallow face, raised crown and a hosel fin, which purports to reduce drag created by the hosel.

You’ll know when he’s using it, for it’s white (remember those clubs?) Image on social media of it show a pretty worn sweet spot, but this doesn’t stop the two-time PGA Tour winner using it to very good effect.

MacIntyre’s TaylorMade AeroBurner Tour fairway is still going strong a decade after making its debut, and it was in the bag when the man from Oban got his 2025 PGA Tour season up and running at The Sentry in Hawaii. The original RRP was £199.99, but you can pick up the non tour version from golfclubs4cash for under £50!

Brooks Koepka - TaylorMade M2 Tour HL Fairway Wood

Five-time Major champion Brooks Koepka is another player who’s reluctant to say goodbye to an old three-wood. The American, who found himself without an equipment deal when Nike stopped making clubs in 2016, signed a multi-year deal with Cleveland/Srixon at the end of 2021.

Before doing so, he did a lot of experimenting as a free agent, and he took a shine to TaylorMade, particularly the M2 Tour HL fairway (16.5°), a club that he’s had in the bag on and off for nine years. It originally cost £279 back in 2016 but you can pick one up from golfclubs4cash for around £75 depending on the condition.

“The M2 fairway features significant, meaningful performance and technology at an affordable price,” said Brian Bazzel, Senior Director - Metalwood Product Creation, at the time of its launch. “The multi-material construction combined with our most aggressive Speed Pocket delivers world class performance from the tee and off the fairway.”

Henrik Stenson - Callaway Diablo Octane Tour Fairway Wood

We can’t talk about old clubs on tour without mentioning Henrik Stenson’s famous 3-wood. The Swede will frequently leave the driver in the bag in favour of his trusty 13° fairway wood. In fact, it’s almost become his trademark.

“Once we find stuff that we know works, I tend to hang onto it,” Stenson told us prior to the LIV Golf UK 2024 event at JCB Golf & Country Club where he explained his ‘What’s in the bag?’

The model we’re talking about is a Callaway Diablo Octane Tour fairway wood from way back in 2008/09, and it’s still very much a ‘go to’ club that you can pick for under £40 at golfclubs4cash. “It’s a trusty club. If you stand there on the 72nd hole and you need a fairway finder, this has been the one in general that we go to,” he explained.

Stenson may have gone through several heads, but he hasn’t bought up all the remaining stock. If you’re looking to find a safe fairway finder, there’s a fair chance Europe’s largest retailer of second hand golf equipment, golfclubs4cash, will have one.

Cam Smith - Titleist TS2 Seven wood

Another former Open champion, Cam Smith, still has a lot of affection for an old model fairway wood. The Australian’s 21° Titleist TS2 7-wood isn’t quite as old as Stenson’s fairway wood, but it’s a model that he has been playing with since 2018. Smith, who won the Open in 2022, doesn’t always put this club into play - much depends on the course conditions.

“The 7-wood is more for if there are a few longer par 5s where I’m going to hit the 7-wood into the green a few times,” Smith has previously commented, with his Titleist U500 3-iron swapping places with the wood depending on where he’s playing.

The TS2 and TS3 fairway woods were launched at the same time as the drivers in 2018. The former model has a larger shape and fixed CG location, as well as a SureFit hosel, which adjusts loft and lie angle independently. We've found a TS2 7-wood on the golfclubs4cash website for just £64.99, which seems like a bargain given the versatility it provides.

Matt Fitzpatrick - Ping s55 Irons

In terms of irons, England’s Matt Fitzpatrick is unwilling to retire a certain set of Ping favourites. The former US Open champion has experimented with other models in recent years, but it’s a set of Ping S55 irons (5-9) that originated in 2013 he keeps coming back to.

“They work for me, that’s the long and short of it,” Fitzpatrick told us last year when talking through the clubs in his bag. “I know what I’m getting with these irons and I think that’s the biggest thing. I’ve had great success with these for ten years out on tour so to change them… looking back you’d be a bit of an idiot!”

For accomplished ball strikers in search of a decent second hand set of compact irons, the Ping S55 irons will tick a lot of boxes. It might be a full decade since we first hit these, but we remember them well for the impressive levels of forgiveness and superb control that they offered - plus they looked (still look) very pleasing to the eye and are available second hand for under £300 at golfclubs4cash.