As for the imperial clubs, according to The Book of Chuiwan they were edged with pure gold, inlaid with jade, and their shafts sumptuously decorated. When their majesties had finished playing, their equipment was not put away in bags, but placed in brocaded cases. Even today's top-flight golf clubs, which sell for NT $ 800-900,000 a set, would look pretty shabby next to kit like this.
至於帝王的球桿，則以純金打造緣邊，頂上綴飾玉器，結束球戲後，兩人的球具不裝在球袋而收藏在錦盒中，所謂「盛以錦囊，擊以綵棒，碾玉綴頂，飾金緣邊」，今天八、九十萬一套的名貴球具與之相較起來恐怕都嫌寒磣。