Vice Boost+ Complete Set - The Most Capable Bag Under $1,000

Most amateur golfers don’t really play a “set.” Usually it's a mixed bag of various clubs picked up along their golfing journey. Of course some golf fanatics leave no stone unturned when it comes to selecting the best clubs for their bag, and nothing earns a place in there without rigorous testing and a specific role to fill. But for most, particularly newer golfers or the casual player who plays a dozen rounds a year, set construction is a little more haphazard.

A driver passed down from a friend who has upgraded. Irons that have been in the bag since day one. A fairway wood so old it was around the last time the US won a Ryder Cup on European soil. And of course the wedge that was added to fill a gap that may or may not actually exist. Over time, the bag fills out but often it’s without any kind of plan. Lofts begin to overlap, gapping bunches up and certain clubs become passengers, only occupying a place in the bag due to nostalgia.

It’s a common way to build a golf bag but it’s not conducive to consistent scoring.

A Bag That Makes Sense

The idea of a complete set isn’t new. Package sets have been around for a long time but often they are designed either to meet a price point or to suit the golfer that has only just taken up the game. There may be one or two clubs in the set that will do the job, but often the player quickly outgrows the set as their skills improve. The result is a set that often feels temporary from day one.

Not all full sets are created equal either. In addition to the varying quality and price points, the make up of the set can also differ. Some have only one basic wedge, others may include more user-friendly hybrids rather than difficult to hit long irons. The real question isn’t necessarily what’s included though. It’s how well everything works together.

That’s the thinking behind the Vice Boost+ Complete Set. It’s a driver-through-putter setup designed not as an entry point, but as a fully resolved system that offers a long term solution for a wide range of skill levels.

Vice’s starting brief wasn’t “how do we make a set accessible,” but “how do we maximise what a golfer gets out of every club in the bag.”

The result is what the brand calls “The Most Capable Bag Under $1,000.” But the more interesting story is not the price - it’s how it earns that label.

Designed, Not Assembled

What separates a well balanced set from a ‘cobbled together over time’ one is intention, and in Boost+ that shows up in the details that define how a bag performs as a whole.

Gapping

Distance gapping is vitally important for golfers once they get past the beginner stage. It’s also where many amateur setups fall down. It isn’t the number on the club that is important; it’s the loft. In many bags clubs unintentionally overlap or leave distances uncovered entirely. Boost+ addresses that with a progression that flows nicely from driver through to wedges, eliminating the need for guesswork between clubs and covering all distance gaps, irrespective of how far the player hits the ball.

The make up of the bag is very user-friendly. The inclusion of a 4 hybrid, for example, replaces a long iron which all but the most accomplished of golfers find to be the most difficult club in the bag, while the wedge setup (50° and 56°) provides proper gapping at the scoring end while also leaving scope to add another specialist wedge (for example a 60°) to fine tune things further.

Consistency Through the Bag

Shaft weights and profiles aren’t usually a big consideration in package sets, while mixed club sets that many golfers have assembled over time will often consist of various shaft weight and flex combinations. The Boost+ set puts a big emphasis on this and it aids with consistency throughout the bag. With steel and graphite options available across the set, Vice aims to create a consistent feel throughout the bag, helping players develop a repeatable swing rather than constantly adjusting to different club characteristics.

Every Club Earns Its Place

Perhaps the biggest departure from typical complete sets is the absence of obvious compromises. The 10.5° driver is configured for playability, with a loft and length designed to produce consistent launch and flight. The fairway wood and hybrid are easy to hit, with an emphasis on consistency and forgiveness, while the irons feature a forgiving cavity-back design suited to improving players.

Crucially, the set doesn’t lose focus at the scoring end of the bag as the wedges are properly spaced, and the face balanced mallet putter is treated as an important performance club, not an afterthought as it can be in other sets. There are no placeholders in this set as each club has a defined role that it has been specifically engineered for.

Built On Real Player Data

In order to deliver maximum performance and to meet the needs of the intended target audience, Vice partnered with HIO Fitting, which is Europe’s largest fitting studio. Using real golfer data, every club in the set was configured based on how real golfers actually perform. So lofts, shaft weights and everything in between are built to provide maximum performance and suitability. The result is a set that reflects how the average golfer plays, rather than following the same formula that has traditionally defined complete sets.

A Set That Grows With You

Most complete sets come with an unspoken expiry date. That’s because many sets are designed with the emphasis either on affordability or game improvement (ie beginners). These sets are fine for the golfer just starting out, but as a player improves, weaknesses begin to show. These weaknesses include inconsistent gapping, limited versatility or clubs that simply no longer match a swing that has improved with practice.

Boost+ is designed to avoid that. It is not a starter set and it is not a stop gap either. All clubs have been engineered to hold up even as your game develops. A new golfer generally isn’t aware of differences in feel and one club feels the same as any other. As they improve they begin to understand how starter clubs have limitations in feel, performance and overall composition. Boost+ avoids that as all clubs are ready to perform for a wide range of golfers.

Boost+ removes the need to build a bag club by club, which can be confusing, expensive and will probably see mistakes made along the way. That isn’t to say golfers won’t need or choose to make changes later, but those changes will be refinements rather than corrections. So perhaps upgrading to a new custom fit premium driver, or maybe a change of putter (even the pros will often feel the need to freshen up their putter game). Everything in between is unlikely to be subject to change.

Who Is It For?

Unlike many full sets on the market, Boost+ is a solution for a range of golfers. While not a starter set aimed at beginners, it still represents an ideal choice for the keen new golfer looking to improve quickly, as it removes the need to buy a cheap set that will need to be upgraded in six months and helps with the transition from beginner to the next level.

It’s also equally suited to the golfer who is a season or two in and beginning to outgrow a starter (or hand-me-down) set. It offers something much more coherent and helps the golfer continue their journey towards a lower handicap.

Then there’s the experienced player with a fragmented bag. They know what good equipment feels like but may be reluctant to commit to the cost of a full rebuild. Boost+ solves that problem. And finally we have the improving golfer, perhaps even in the mid-handicap range, who is ready to take the next step without committing to a custom, premium set up.

All of the above are golfers at different stages of their journey but with a shared mindset. They want a bag that performs consistently, covers every requirement and doesn’t need to be rethought six months down the line.

Performance Without The Process

Boost+ offers everything a serious golfer needs in one box: 12 clubs to covering every situation on the course, plus a quality bag to carry them in. No immediate upgrades are required and it removes the second-guessing golfers often immediately feel with other complete sets as to whether something needs to be replaced.

By including 12 clubs, Vice are covering all bases but still leaving room for any additions the golfer may want to make along the way. That might be an extra fairway wood or hybrid as well as a specialised lob wedge. These tend to be personal preferences rather than a stock requirement so the dozen clubs included will take care of most if not all needs.

There are cheaper sets on the market and there are more expensive ones. The Boost+ sits in the middle as the steel shaft option is $899, while it’s $999 for the graphite. This is a price point that typically involves some trade offs but that isn’t the case here. The real value isn’t just in the cost of the set though, it’s what it saves the golfer in other areas. The hours spent researching, the uncertainty around the correct gapping, incremental upgrades that never quite fit and result in even more corrections. By choosing Boost+, much of that process is removed.

All in all, it offers impressive value while delivering a setup that feels complete from day one.