COUNTERFEIT PROBLEMWHO WE ARECAN YOU SPOT THE FAKE?SPOTTING A FAKENEWS & CONTENTSHARE YOUR STORYFAQSGROUP MEMBERSFACEBOOKSelect PageCLICK HERE TO REPORT A WEBSITE SELLING COUNTERFEITSWe are the U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group. Our mission is to stop the spread of counterfeit golf products, and “Keep Golf Real.” If you have been redirected to this page, it is because the website you were attempting to visit violated federal law by selling and distributing counterfeit golf products. It has been shut down by a court order.Please take a few moments to review this website for more information on how you can avoid purchasing counterfeit golf products and help to “Keep Golf Real.”COUNTERFEIT PROBLEMIt’s estimated that as many as 2 million counterfeit golf clubs are produced each year. If you laid every fake club end-to-end they would stretch from Bethpage Black to Pebble Beach and back again. That’s more than 5000 miles. And that doesn’t even consider the millions of fake balls, bags, gloves, and apparel produced.It’s a major problem.The growth of the internet and auction sites has led to an increase in the sale of counterfeit products over the last decade. As a result, consumers mistakenly spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on fakes. The efforts of the group have led to raids and seizures of millions of counterfeit clubs, but there is still considerable work left to do.It’s estimated that as many as 2 million counterfeit golf clubs are produced each year. If you laid every fake club end-to-end they would stretch from Bethpage Black to Pebble Beach and back again. That’s more than 5000 miles. And that doesn’t even consider the millions of fake balls, bags, gloves, and apparel produced.It’s a major problem.The growth of the internet and auction sites has led to an increase in the sale of counterfeit products over the last decade. As a result, consumers mistakenly spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on fakes. The efforts of the group have led to raids and seizures of millions of counterfeit clubs, but there is still considerable work left to do.WHO WE AREThe U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group is dedicated to stopping the production, distribution and sale of counterfeit or fake golf equipment across the globe. Formed in 2004, the group is made up of six of the largest golf manufacturers in the world: Acushnet Company, whose brands are Titleist, FootJoy, Vokey Design and Scotty Cameron; Callaway-Odyssey; Srixon, Cleveland Golf and XXIO; PING; PXG and TaylorMade Golf.These manufacturers came together to protect the integrity of the game and to protect the consumers they’ve served for so many years.The group works internationally with law enforcement and government agencies to identify and eliminate counterfeit operations while simultaneously working to raise consumer awareness of the issue.This isn’t a brand issue; it’s an ho