Junior Golf Tips for Parents

Buying Junior Golf Clubs
for your Child

Buying golf clubs for your self is a pleasurable task that can take weeks of joyful shopping and on-course demos before a set is finally purchased. But buying clubs for a child? That can be a stressful experience.

Don’t worry. Here is some golf buying tips that will make the process easier.

Make your Choice from Several Options

If your child looks like they want to take the sport of golf seriously, this is the time to pick a golf store that truly knows what it is doing. A pro shop or a golf specialty store will have both the expertise to make sure you make the right choice and the selection to ensure that you’ll have a lot of options to choose from.

Choose Kids Golf Clubs that are Useful Now
with Some Room to Grow

Like most other products for kids, golf clubs should be balanced between their usefulness now and their ability to last as long as possible before being outgrown. Ideally, they should be purchased with the thought that they should last a couple of years. You don’t want to buy a set that your child will outgrow in half a season, but there’s no point in buying junior golf clubs that are way too big for your child either. In fact, if the clubs are more than a couple of inches too big, it can negatively affect the golf swing mechanics. Look for junior golf clubs that are an inch or an inch and a half too big – choking down that length shouldn’t detract from your child’s golf swing, and it will keep them from being obsolete weeks after purchase.

Check for Proper Weight

Make sure that the clubs aren’t too heavy for your child to comfortably handle, because that’s another factor that can impact their golf swing. Have your child test out the golf clubs, and make sure they can comfortably bring each club back without having it dip because of the weight.

Check for Correct Grip Size
and Shaft Flexibility

Finally, don’t neglect the golf grips or the golf club shafts. Particularly for a younger golfer, an over sized grip can lead to poor swing mechanics and inferior results, so make sure that the clubs have grips that are good fits for your child’s hands. Meanwhile, if the shafts on the clubs are one of the traditional adult models, the clubs will be too stiff to make it easy to get the ball airborne. Make sure they have enough flex to suit their golf game.