7 year old

finglashoop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116112#Comment_118116112

i think I have clubs my son had no interest at all. let me look in my shed you can have them.

think its driver 7 pitch and putter

finglashoop

driver

7iron

9iron

putter

bag

pm me if you want them

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118116112#Comment_118116112

any thoughts on this one?

Son will be 8 in December.

should I get the 9-11 years for longevity?

or stick with 5-8 years

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117893285#Comment_117893285

It can cause injury to the little finger if you're not careful with it. I used to use it and at one point I started getting pains in my right little finger. Pro told me that it was often a problem with that grip. It got so bad that I had to switch to the ten finger grip for about six months before the pain went away. Use the Vardon grip now and no problems since then.

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118121466#Comment_118121466

They give a height range for those. It's a rough guide to club fitting, generally as a guide with adult clubs, shaft length is dictated by the distance from the inside of the wrist to the floor when standing upright with your hands by your sides. There are tables around the internet that convert that measurement to shaft length based around the standard length. So usually standard +¼" etc.

For juniors, I would think that's probably overkill as they are growing all the time. If it was me, I'd get the longer set, because they'll grow into them and even at the start will be close enough. If you can, compare a club from each set and see what's the difference in length. There's probably not that much in it. The height range is just six inches apart. In adult irons, that's usually about ½" in shaft length.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118121554#Comment_118121554

Thanks for the comment

I don't want to sound old school about them growing in to it, but I think it makes more sense. I dont want the extra length, weight to affect the way he holds it, swings etc, but should be grand, after all most of the past generation got cut down clubs or even not cut down in some cases.......

I may indeed go for the 9-11 year set. The 5-8 may just be a bit too small, I'm thinking of the height and size of some 5 year olds and they are very small etc so the clubs could be too short

ShivasIrons

It's better to have junior golfers growing out of clubs rather than growing in to them. Too long and too heavy will affect the swing speed and development.

Junior clubs aren't that expensive and there's always a demand for them, so you will be able to move them on for a price that wouldn't be a significant loss on what was paid for them.

Do not buy clubs on age, buy them on the current size of the child.

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118122865#Comment_118122865

noted, but I reckon the 9-11 should be ok, the 5-8's may be too small, seen some reviews where they say the putter is too small even for a 5 year old

ShivasIrons

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118124051#Comment_118124051

Don't buy on age, buy on height!

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118124589#Comment_118124589

Measured him there. And all the different units.

133cm / 52.3 inches / 4 foot 4

Waesfjord

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118121523#Comment_118121523

I've been having issues with right little finger up to outer wrist consistently over past few years after I returned to playing golf, never knew what caused it, but suspected golf (as opposed to keyboard overuse) but thought it was way I was cocking wrist at top of swing as opposed to grip itself.

Is it an easy change from inter-lock to vardon grip?

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118124914#Comment_118124914

It will take time unfortunately. And at first I couldn't even use the Vardon grip because of the pain, so I had to use the ten finger grip; basically both hands with no overlap.