Teen Golfing

ng golf as a teenager can be one of the mostgame for the rest of their golfing career.
joyous times of ones golfing life. You have noThe games growth is very dependent on teens.
responsibilities or pressures other than having funIf teens are struggling with finding proper
on the golf course. How much fun can one have ifequipment it is safe to say that the games overall
you’re not using the proper equipment?growth will become marginal at best. Golf instills
Teenage golfers fall into a very unique category.tremendous core values in people, especially
Most teens are too large or strong for a typicalteens. Respect, politeness, and honesty are just a
junior set and not large or strong enough for anfew of the many important traits a teenager can
adult set. Often time’s junior golf setscome away with from playing golf which will
shafts are too flexible for a teen and are oftentranslate into their everyday life. Playing golf is
not long enough. On the other hand, a full lengthalso a great way to meet new people, make new
adult set is not light enough and the shaft flex canfriends, and share camaraderie with others that
be too stiff.have a passion for golf. Later in life golf can
Most golfers will tell you that playing with a clubbecome a very useful business tool; however
that is the proper length and shaft flex is a majornone of these things will ever manifest itself
key to enjoying and performing this great game.without a proper introduction to the game with
Luckily for today’s teen golfer there is anproper equipment.
answer to this dilemma. Today’s teenI can speak from personal experience that finding
golfer now has the luxury of having a teen golfa proper set as a teenager was a struggle to say
set as a viable option for their equipment choice.the least. Being left handed made it especially
These sets are typically made for golfers thatdifficult. Unfortunately I never had the option of a
are 4'10"-5'5" and come with more flexible shaft,teen set growing up. Modifying adult sets to fit a
which is the perfect medium between the typicalteen can be very costly and time consuming.
junior flex and the typical adult flex. A goodToday’s teen golfer should feel very
number of golfers start playing in there teenfortunate that a teen set exists, they have been
years. This can be a blessing and also a curse.given a great opportunity to learn and play this
The blessing is that teens are very flexible andgame with a set of golf clubs built specifically for
usually have very good hand eye coordination,them. After all, golf is supposed to be fun, when
two major components of playing golfyou’re a teen playing with proper
successfully. The curse is that without the properequipment it may just be the most enjoyable
equipment teens can develop bad habits that cantime of your golfing life.
last a life time and hinder their enjoyment of the