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SNAG for Kids

  • 01-10-2014 9:05am
    #1
    Ceist_Beag
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    I'm looking at options for getting the kids (4, 6 and 9) into golf and came across SNAG. Has anyone tried this out and have any views on it? It looks pretty good on the face of it as an introduction to golf, but I haven't found much in the way of reviews or discussion. I could just go and buy a few junior clubs of course but I like the idea of letting them play out the back on the lawn which this would be ideal for.


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  • #2
    Anatom
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    Ceist_Beag wrote: »
    I'm looking at options for getting the kids (4, 6 and 9) into golf and came across SNAG. Has anyone tried this out and have any views on it? It looks pretty good on the face of it as an introduction to golf, but I haven't found much in the way of reviews or discussion. I could just go and buy a few junior clubs of course but I like the idea of letting them play out the back on the lawn which this would be ideal for.

    I don't know anything about SNAG, but they appear on first glance to be a UK-based operation. I know my own club have been very good at enticing the kids out for summer camps and Easter camps etc., and they are always very welcome around the place. Perhaps talk to your own one and see whether they're thinking about putting on lessons during the mid-term break later this month...?

    I also have a cut-down putter and wedge and my two occasionally join me in the front garden for a session! It doesn't mean they want to sit down and watch the golf on a Saturday or Sunday evening though - they're still a work in progress!!


  • #3
    searay
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    There's two pro based in Glasson golf club outside Athlone, Philip Murphy and Lynn Sweeney who are involved in snag. They coach in 4/5 clubs around the midlands and have got lots of kids into golf.

    My kids haven't tried it yet so can't give any experience on it. If you look for "Murphy Sweeney golf" on Facebook or Twitter you'll get them. If you aren't in the region they might know if there's a coach in your area.


  • #4
    Ceist_Beag
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    Thanks folks, I'm not in the Athlone area but will check with the guys if there is anyone in my area doing something similar.


  • #5
    Unglika Norse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭Unglika Norse


    bit pricey methinks


  • #6
    SevesThreeIron
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    Thinking of giving the Snag Golf stuff a whirl for the wee fella. He's coming up on three this summer and finding it difficult to make contact with the ball with the cut down clubs at the moment. After a few swings he gets the hump and the club is tossed down. At times like that you realise how difficult a game it actually is in fairness.

    Was chatting to a lad in the pro shop in Rosses Point before Christmas and he was a big advocate of Snag. Gave me a go of it in the shop and you could see how kids would love it. Big face on the club hitting tennis balls to velcro targets.

    As a previous poster said, it's pricey. Probably 100 to get up and running with a couple of wee clubs and a target. But when the wee man wins the Azerbaijan open on the Euro Pro Tour and gets paid, oh, 600 quid, sure won't it have been worth it!


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