Equipment experts Joe Ferguson and Sam De’Ath run through the best new package sets to hit the market in 2025 to help beginners and newcomers to the game of golf find their perfect match without having to break the bank on premium gear.
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Vice Boost Starter: https://hawk.ly/m/vice-boost-starter-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
PXG Wildcat: https://hawk.ly/m/pxg-wildcat-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
Callaway Mavrik: https://hawk.ly/m/callaway-mavrik-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
TaylorMade RBZ 2.0: https://hawk.ly/m/taylormade-rbz-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
MacGregor DCT4000: https://hawk.ly/m/macgregor-dct4000-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
Stix Jack Nicklaus Essentials: https://hawk.ly/m/stix-nicklaus-essentials-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
Tour Edge TE-400: https://hawk.ly/m/tour-edge-te-400-package-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
Wilson Advantage X31: https://hawk.ly/m/wilson-x31-golf-club-set/i/golfmonthly-youtube-best-package-sets-2025
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Introduction 0:00-0:31
Best for looks 0:31
Best for approach play 2:21
Best for adjustability 4:11
Best for ease of launch 6:01
Best for intermediate golfers 7:54
Best for slow swing speeds 10:06
Best for versatility 11:16
Best value 13:43
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package sets are a great option for beginner golfers or high handicappers looking for a cost-effective way to get kitted out for the golf course but which are the best full sets and which sets are best for your game we have tested all of the best package sets in 2025 to find out right Sam I can see you’re raring to go with the first set you’ve got to talk about but for those of you watching at home or wherever you may be if you do like the look of any of these package sets that we talk about here we’ve put some handy links in the description below so you can go and get the best prices in your region right Sam what have you got for me well I’m going to kick us off with what I think is going to be a hit and I think people are going to be kicking in the product description box for these this is the Vice Golf Boost starter set and while I don’t feel like you get quite as many clubs maybe as some other package sets on the market I think they look insane i was going to say you better be talking about the looks they look premium yeah exactly so you’ve got this premium detailing on the driver on the hybrid as well which I think gives it you know a much more premium look maybe than other package sets on the market and the irons have this more minimalistic look with just the logoing you’ve got this brush satin kind of finish on them and the blacks and silvers keep things pretty basic but aside from that I really really like the bag i think you get a premium stand bag which I think sometimes gets missed out on package sets don’t you agree i do yeah and they haven’t scrimped there have there loads going on pocket-wise looks high quality exactly yeah plenty of logos as well you got the valuables pouch on the side so this comes in at about $470 um £450 odd um so I think it’s really good value for money as well but in terms of the performance I actually really liked how the irons felt um you got quite a decent launch out of those and they look like they spun up in the air which was quite nice but when it came to the driver I did find it just launched a little lower than other sets that I tested this year so if you’re someone who struggles with launching the ball and and you’re looking for height it might not be the best option but overall contrary to that if you are someone who spins it up a lot or you see a lot of those moon balls that could be a good option for you right yeah absolutely yeah if you’re someone who plays in windy conditions or you might play on thermal golf courses maybe some links courses then it could be a really good option so yeah I think great value for money and I to me this is probably the best looking package set that I’ve seen this year so we’re not obviously going against each other here but you do have a set in front of you here talk to me about this and what you like about those well this was my favorite looking so you kind of stole me stole it a little bit there from me but I’ve got the Callaway Maverick package set in front of me now this is on the pricier end of the market or sort of mid to high price of what we’re looking at today so it’s around $1,200 US or £900 in UK and there is a lot of good stuff going on like Sam I really like the bag i like how sort of nonpatronizing it is if you like a lot of the package sets you get can be a bit bold a bit bright and like I said feel a bit patronizing to newer golfers i think this looks really sophisticated i like the black and gray color way there but I think the personal highlight for me in this set which would sell it to someone for me would be the irons now a lot of package irons I’ve tried historically a bit clunky be a bit clumsy these have got relatively narrow soles and they they just feel really good off the face they don’t give you that sort of frying pan clangy feel that you get off some there’s a real feedback through the hands here so I think the irons in particular are a really good feature one thing I would have changed about the irons if I’m being really picky is I’d have really liked to have seen maybe a more specialist sand wedge the sandwich just matches the set it’s still got quite a big cavity and that kind of thicker top edge and you as a better player you’d particularly want a sort of more specialist wedge right exactly yeah and I think like you said I I think they look great and this to me looks as though you’re getting premium components and you’re just able to purchase it all in one well you said premium components that’s a good segue into the putter which I think of anything that I’ve tested this year in package sets would be my favorite i actually played this putter as a single entity on its own throughout a lot of my playing days it’s the white hot number one so just a nice sort of ping answer or Newport style blade putter but with the white hot insert which is as premium as it gets they’re still using that insert today it gives a really soft feel and will be really good feedback for beginners learning the game so on the whole I think this is a fantastic package set to get started with okay Joe so we’ve got some color coordination going on here but talk to me about your set you’ve got in front of you yeah we didn’t plan that did we but it’s worked out well so I’ve gone with another sort of behemoth of the equipment world i’ve got Tailor made i started with Callaway and I’ve gone to Tailor Made i’ve got the RBZ package set now this one comes in at $1,300 $1,400 around that mark I’ve seen it for online and there’s a couple of things I really really love about this set and it’s kind of at the opposite ends of the set so starting with the putter you get this nice spider we know how good the spider range is i noticed the spider head cover there i knew you’d like a bit of the spider so you got the high MI you’ve got forgiveness which is important when you’re learning the game right when you’re not necessarily going to middle every putt so a lot of playability you get down there and those Scotty Sheffller fans out there you’ve even got the Pure Roll insert from Tailor Made so that is a serious bit of tech and components in there that’s going to really improve your game and get the ball rolling really quickly and really purely as Tailor Made will tell you and not glossing over the rest of the set cuz it is pretty solid the irons give you kind of a more robust industrial kind of a feel they’re kind of firm but they do a really good job they’re packed with power but at the top of the bag the driver I’ve named this my best set for adjustability because this is the only set we’ve tested I believe and maybe the only set package set I’ve tested ever that has an adjustable driver so you get the tailor-made loft sleeve on there so this set and this driver in particular can grow with you so if you start putting on a bit of speed and you notice you’re spinning it a little bit too much you can actually loft it down and control i like that yeah that’s that’s clever isn’t it well it means you get a bit more time out of the set right you’re not going to need to go onto those clubs as quickly so you might get a bit more value out of there and also whether it’s a spin or longevity you can start to see the shape you’re hitting and mitigate that and there’s very few package sets that do that and without wanting to poo poo your set yours doesn’t but what have you got well yeah I do have the uh McGregor DCT 400 set here so we again we are kind of talking opposite ends of the spectrum between these two so this comes in far cheaper at $299 and you can get this actually from Costco as well which I find really handy if you are someone who’s getting into golf and you want a full set of clubs this comes with two hybrids a fairway wood a driver we’ve got irons ranging from five to sandwich wedge and a putter for that money it’s re I think it’s really impressive it’s pretty good isn’t it and one thing I’ve seen over my set that you might have or depending on your point of view you got a nice stand bag there a carry bag mine’s cart bag only so if you’re someone who anticipates playing their golf using a pool trolley then mine might be a good bet because it’s a bit sturdier and you get a bit more stuff in it but if you’re going to be a carrier that’s where you need to be right exactly yeah and I think you know the good thing about a sandbag is you can always just tuck the legs in and you can chuck it on a trolley as well so I feel like there might be a bit more versatility with this bag i wouldn’t say it’s the most premium bag out of um you know all the sets that we have tested this year it feels a little lightweight and a little flimsy but overall it does a great job it’s got six pockets you’ve got a valuables pouch so it does have all the pockets that you would need but in terms of the performance this is really good and for me this is the best package set for those looking for high launch so the slower swingers those who are seeking more carry more height out of their uh out the ball flight then this is the set to go for you do have you know some cavity back irons here that range the whole way through the set so even down to the wedge so you are guaranteed that height and stopping power and the same with the driver i think I don’t think I hit a driver out of all the package sets here today that went as high as this one here that was a running theme throughout the woods so like I said if you are someone who struggles with launch and they want a bit more height then this is the set to go for right we’ve got two more in front of us here not quite as color coordinated as last time round but what are you packing there Sam i have in front of me the sticks Jack Nicholas essential set this is a collab i like this i saw this when we were warming up i’ve not tried these but I quite like these yeah yeah i I really like it i think you get this small lightweight stand bag which I think is all you need got 10 clubs here um I think the driver looks superb i actually really like the sight dot on the top which isn’t something you see that often you see it king fairway woods have a tiny little sight dot on the top golfers who are maybe taking up the game or are kind of growing in their journey in the game you might want something that highlights the center of the face a bit more and so for that reason I really like it but moving on through the rest of the set you get a bladed wedge you get these kind of cavity back irons that actually have they do have a bit of offset but they have really thin top line and I think that for me is the reason why I’ve picked this set as the best set for intermediate golfers this year i think I’d agree with you as soon as I put those irons down like you said there is that offset but they’re quite compact relatively to some of the other irons we’ve got here with that thinner top line so yeah I think more intermediate players are going to enjoy the look of those irons in particular exactly yeah i think it’s a set where people who are just starting the game but might be maybe more confident or those golfers who are kind of they’re already playing they’re an intermediate golfer mid mid to high handicapper and they’re just looking for a refresh a new set of clubs at a pretty good price point so these come in at 685 which I think for the 10 clubs is is a you know it’s a good option um I think you think they might have scrimped the money on the putter head cover is that right exactly yeah i think you know it might be a bit more expensive but we do have this um rather pathetic looking putter head cover which is a shame because you’ve got these other sock head covers here which I think are quite nice you’ve got the dual logos going on there and um yeah I I I think aside from that the performance was really solid but yeah that’s it for my set i think the best for intermediate golfers out of all all the clubs that we’ve tested here today I think they they look great down behind the ball and for those who are maybe slightly further ahead in their golfing journey who just want a refresh and a new set allin-one I think the sticks Jack Nicholas essential set is perfect again we’re not quite color coordinating here are we but you’ve got this vibrant orange set of clashing haven’t we going on so I’ve got the Wilson Advantage X31 so this comes in at £450 or about $500 so there is some real potential value to be had here and I’ve had a a good test of these and when I was looking for a category to sort of recommend into these I would probably put these down as my best for slower swing speeds or more moderate swing speeds if you want a a nicer way of putting it when you move the driver and the woods in particular they are very very soft which if you are someone who’s coming to the game fresh and you haven’t got built up that speed or that muscle memory to really produce high swing speeds yet that’s going to really really suit you we’ve touched on the color already i actually quite like it if you’re Dutch you’re probably really going to like it you get six to sand wedge we get a driver a three with a hybrid just everything you need you’re someone who’s got a little bit more speed you can kind of feel that club head kicking through adding a little bit more loft so they were really high launching but like I said for the slower swing speed player I think that’s going to be really really useful so there is you and you are Dutch well there you go okay Joe so we have one final set here in front of us let’s go through it what have we got saved a bit of a beast here for last this is the PXG Wildcat set and I’ve got the full bag bundle or not quite the full bag bundle because it does come with a in the bundle with a premium stand bag which didn’t come through for me for testing i just got the club so don’t get too excited you don’t get this huge leather vessel tour bag with it but you do get a really premium bag now this whole set has been designed just to make the game as easy and as fun as possible and they’ve done that in a lot of ways and that’s sort of personified with the driver so we’ve got 16° of loft on the driver a nice light swing weight at C6 they’ve kept these really easy to move and it’s only 44 in so it’s not too long so you’re not while you’re learning the game or you’re trying to find some control and some strike you’re not too far from the ball which I think is a really useful asset it’s almost like mini driver length isn’t it and you know even more loft than a mini driver but we’re talking that larger head with a short shaft far easier to control and obviously super easy to launch and we can talk onto the irons here as well just because they look like some seriously wide soles they are very very wide soles and again it’s all about making it as easy as possible so if you’re someone that’s prone to a fat shot or someone who hits the ball a little bit heavy from time to time the soles on these clubs the width of sole available they just act like a rudder and help you slide through the turf so you you get some really forgiving strikes so we don’t always talk about mis hits in terms of thin and fat we’re often talking heel and toe and retaining ball speed but if you are someone who’s hitting it heavy these are going to be absolutely brilliantly do brilliantly for you now they’re just about as premium as it gets and like I said this is the full bag bundle but what I love with PXG what they’ve done here is you can just buy it all individually and you know going back to the driver it’s a standalone piece you could just own that and it would do a really really good job as an inline driver for you but you can build up as slowly or as quickly as you want and crucially for me in the full bag bundle not only do you get the clubs not only do you get the bags but you get a hat so you can stay cohesive with your set and you get some golf balls and those of you who can cast your mind back or if you are watching as a beg be beginner you probably are losing one or two golf balls on the course so having some extra golf balls as part of that bundle is a really nice touch okay so I think we’ve probably talked enough about the PXG Wildcat package set but there is one more set that we want to talk about that couldn’t be with us here today could it Joe what is that it couldn’t but it is possibly my favorite brand of the year arguably I’ve tested some incredible product across the range from Tour Edge and it’s a brand that’s a bit newer to me i hadn’t really done much testing before I joined Golf Monthly and everything I test from Tor Edge seems to be supremely high quality and this is the TE 400 package set now the first thing I loved about this and again I’ve mentioned OCD a couple times i can be a bit funny about getting stuff to match and look cohesive it’s arguably from a looks point of view the most most cohesive set that I’ve seen the sort of vibrant blue accent colors with the black is carried throughout all of the clubs from driver to putter the bag the head covers which as you noted are extremely premium they’re really well finished they’re really well made and they’re very durable which is again something that we we we do need to focus on in this package set the attention to detail there is fantastic now they’re not massively expensive either at £684 around a £700 $750 mark it’s just a really nicely put together set of clubs with some interesting features in terms of the set makeup it’s quite heavily toploaded so you get driver 3-wood fivewood and two hybrids so I haven’t seen anything else that we’ve tested that has that level of armory in there and you don’t necessarily need to have all of that in there could be a little bit confusing for some but to have all those options and work out what’s going to go well with your game as a beginner I think is really really useful and for that money that’s why I’ve dubbed them my best for value package set i think it’s absolutely fantastic two more things I would note with that set truth be told on heart if I was going to play it I probably would change the putter the idea is great it’s got that kind of fang shape bit of MOI bit of sort of perimeter waiting to give you the forgiveness but it’s not brilliantly executed the alignment aid doesn’t point in the right direction really it’s a bit squiffy and it’s just generally speaking it could have been put together a little bit better which is a shame because the rest of the set is arguably better than anything else I’ve tried it’s absolutely fantastic and the final point I will make is if you’re someone who struggles with confidence for driver thinking you’re going to not get the ball airborne this is a brilliant driver for that a it just goes high but b it looks like it’s going to go high it’s state the stated loft is 10 and a half degrees but as soon as you put it down we both said this you can see so much face and it just looks like you’re going to get the ball airborne and it does a great job for that so for me based on all of that the attention to detail the cohesion the options at the top of the bag I think it’s a great value package set right so I hope that’s given you some useful information and given you an idea of which of these package sets suit what type of player but we couldn’t finish without maybe picking our favorite so what about you Sam so for me personally I think the sticks Jack Nicholas set uh the Essentials collab the collab it’s my it’s my favorite i think they look great and I think they’re perfect for those that are starting their journey and can keep in the bag as they progress how about you for me I’ve gone for the Callaway Maverick love the irons which sometimes are a bit of an afterthought I think in these package sets and it’s a putter I’ve played before and I love that white hot insert great all round setup and good value okay so remember if you like any of the package sets that you’ve seen in today’s video I’m going to put the links for each of them in the description box below so you can find them for the best price in your area from us here at the beautiful Cadver Golf Club in Reading
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Too expensive