The bands on ClubCheck worth pages and in a photo scan come from what clubs actually sold for, not what sellers are asking today. We store published low–high ranges and medians or averages from ScottyIndex and GolfClubIndex, plus itemized eBay sold rows where we have them. We do not scrape live marketplaces at scan time to invent a number.
Each model in our stored comps dataset can carry an index band (ScottyIndex or GolfClubIndex), an eBay band, and up to a few itemized sold examples. For most models the page leads with that index band: the low and high USD values stored from the index pull, with median (ScottyIndex) or average (GolfClubIndex) when the source provides it.
When a model has recent itemized eBay sold rows, or an eBay band that is newer than the index band, the worth page leads with the eBay sold range instead (min and max of those sold prices, or the stored eBay band). The index band may still appear as secondary context on that page. If a stored row has no usable band, we do not publish a worth page for it.
Photo scans match your club to that dataset when possible. When we cannot match a stored model, the band is a labeled estimate from the scan, not backed by those sold comps — estimate — no stored sold comps for this exact model.
Stored comps are refreshed on a weekly pulse: ScottyIndex and GolfClubIndex pulls are merged into dataset.json, which backs /worth pages, /price-check, and llms.txt. Itemized eBay sold rows in the dataset are curated in the pinned catalog, not fetched during the pulse. Worth pages show a “data pulled” date from the stored source when we have one.
After you enter an asking price, ClubCheck compares it to the sold band for that check (the same low–high logic as on worth pages when the scan is dataset-backed):
These labels are a market read for negotiation context. They are not instructions to buy or sell, and they do not account for every shaft, flex, or cosmetic detail unless your scan surfaces them.
When identification does not match a stored model, or there is no sold band for that model yet, scan results show an estimate band and say so in the copy. Worth pages and the free price checker only list models with stored sold-backed bands.