Best Cheap Golf Club Sets UK Under £300 (2026)

Every set below costs under £300 in the UK. Not “under £300 if you catch a sale”. Not £329. Under
£300, checked on 17 July 2026 against the retailer’s own listing and linked so you can see for
yourself.
That sounds like a low bar. It isn’t: most guides with “under £300” in the title recommend sets at
£330, £380, even £600, and hope you don’t check. This page previously did exactly that, which is
why it has been rewritten from scratch.
One honest caveat up front: I have not personally played all five of these. Where a set has been
tested by a named reviewer I’ve linked them and said what they found. Where nobody has tested it,
I say so rather than inventing an opinion.
The five sets at a glance
Set
Price
What you get
Inesis First Golf Kit
Best for
£149.99
Half set — 6 clubs +
bag
Fazer CTRX Starter
£149.00
Total beginners testing
the water
Starter set, steel, carry
bag
Fazer CTRX Half
£199.00
Cheapest way onto a
course
Half set, steel, stand
bag
Spalding Executive
£249.99
Full set, graphite
Half set with a better
bag
Fazer CTR25
Full set, lightest shafts
£279.00
Full set — driver,
woods, irons, putter,
stand bag
Most complete set
under £300
Prices from Decathlon UK (the Fazer and Spalding sets are marketplace listings fulfilled by American
Golf and Brand Fusion respectively), 17 July 2026. Check the current price before you buy — these
move.
The decision that actually matters: half set or full set?
Under £300 you are choosing between a full set from a budget brand or a half set that’s slightly
better made. That is the real trade-off, and it matters more than which logo is on the driver.
A half set is typically a driver, a hybrid, two or three irons, a wedge and a putter. If you are brand
new, this is genuinely enough. You will not be striking the ball consistently enough to tell a 7-iron
from an 8-iron, so the gaps you’re “missing” are theoretical. And you can play any course in Britain
with six clubs.
Go full set if you’ve already played a handful of rounds and know you’re carrying on. Go half set if
this is your first ever set of clubs.
The picks
1. Inesis First Golf Kit — £149.99
The only set here that has been properly tested and written up by a named reviewer. Golf Monthly’s
David Usher played it in May 2026 and, in his words, “expected the worst” and was “pleasantly
surprised”.
You get a bag, a driver, a hybrid, a 7-iron, a 9-iron, a sand wedge and a putter. Two details show
somebody thought about this rather than just cutting costs:
• The driver is 14° — far more loft than a normal driver. That is deliberate. Getting the ball
airborne is the single hardest thing for a new golfer and this makes it much easier.
• It ships with a mallet putter, not a blade. Usher calls a blade in a beginner set “a bugbear of
mine”, and he’s right — a mallet is more forgiving and easier to aim.
Standout strength: value that makes it a no-risk purchase. It costs less than a single premium wedge.
Main weakness: you will outgrow it, and fairly quickly. Usher found the driver “loud and not
particularly pleasant”, the bag isn’t sturdy, and the wedge is clunky on pitch shots. None of that
matters for your first season; all of it will matter by your second.
Buy it if: you genuinely don’t know whether you’ll stick with golf, or you’re buying a gift for someone
who’s curious. See it at Decathlon.
2. Fazer CTRX Starter — £149.00
Same money as the Inesis, sold through American Golf’s Decathlon marketplace listing. Steel shafts
and a carry bag rather than a stand bag.
Standout strength: the lowest-cost route to a legal, matched set of clubs from a retailer with actual
UK returns and support behind it.
Main weakness: steel shafts are heavier than graphite, which is the wrong way round for a beginner
with a slower swing — graphite is easier to get speed with. And a carry bag with no stand means
putting the bag on the ground every shot.
Honest note: I can’t find an independent review of this set by anyone who has played it. Judge it on
the spec, not on anyone’s star rating — including mine.
3. Fazer CTRX Half — £199.00
The £50 step up from the Starter buys you a stand bag instead of a carry bag. That’s most of the
difference.
Standout strength: a stand bag is a genuinely worthwhile upgrade if you walk. It keeps grips dry and
off wet grass and saves you bending to the ground on every shot.
Main weakness: still steel-shafted, and at £199 you are approaching the £249 Spalding, which is a
full set with graphite shafts. This one is squeezed from both sides.
4. Spalding Executive Men’s Graphite — £249.99
Reduced from £369.99 at the time of checking, which is what brings it under the £300 line — so
verify the price before you commit. A full set with graphite shafts throughout.
Standout strength: graphite shafts across a full set at this price is rare. Lighter shafts mean more
clubhead speed for slower swings, which is most beginners.
Main weakness: it’s a discounted price on an older set, so it’s under £300 only while the discount
lasts. Spalding is also a licensed name rather than a club-making operation in the way Ping or Titleist
are — you’re buying a competent set, not a pedigree.
5. Fazer CTR25 — £279.00
The most complete set that genuinely comes in under £300: driver, fairway woods, irons, putter and
a stand bag.
Standout strength: nothing missing. Full club coverage plus a stand bag, £21 under the line, sold and
shipped by American Golf.
Main weakness: no independent testing I could find, and at £279 you are £50 from the Wilson Ultra
HL (£369.99) which is a better-known quantity. If your budget can stretch, look at both.
Buy it if: you want a full set, you want it under £300, and you want it from a retailer with a UK
shopfront.
Sets that get recommended in “under £300” guides but are not under £300
These are all decent sets. None of them belongs on a page with “£300” in the title, and you will find
every one of them on such a page somewhere:
Set
Actual UK price
£329.00
Over budget by
Fazer CTRX Full (steel, stand
bag)
£29
Wilson Ultra HL
£369.99
Skymax Complete Men’s
£70
£389.99
Benross HTX2 11-piece
£90
£449.00
Cobra Fly XL
£149
~£595–£599
Callaway XR 13-piece
~£300
£1,399.00
£1,099
If your budget is genuinely £300, none of the above is for you today. If it can stretch to £370, the
Wilson Ultra HL is a well-established set and the extra £90 is defensible. The Callaway XR is a good
set at four to five times the budget — our review explains who it actually suits.
What £300 does not buy you
• A fitting. Every set here is built to an average — average length, average lie, one flex. If you are
much over 6ft or under 5ft 5in, factor in getting the set adjusted, or budget for something else.
• A good bag. The bags at this price are functional. Straps and zips are where the money isn’t.
• A putter you’ll keep. The Inesis mallet aside, the putters at this price are the first thing most
golfers replace. A decent one starts around £129 — see our putter round-up.
• Resale value. These sets are worth very little second-hand. That’s fine — the Inesis at £150 owes
you nothing after a season. It’s a reason not to spend £280 on a set you might not want.
So which one?
1. Brand new, unsure, or buying a gift: Inesis First Golf Kit, £149.99. It’s the only one here
somebody credible has tested and endorsed, and the 14° driver and mallet putter show real
thought.
2. Played a few rounds, want everything: Fazer CTR25, £279. Full coverage, stand bag, under the
line.
3. Want graphite shafts on a full set: Spalding Executive at £249.99 — while the discount holds.
And if you find yourself agonising over £50 between two of these: play a season with the cheap one
and put the £50 towards a lesson. It will take more shots off your score than any set on this page.