| It's never to early to get a youngster | | | | purchase a junior bag. Junior bags are |
| started playing the world's greatest game. | | | | smaller and lighter. Lugging a too heavy golf |
| Maybe not as early as two years old, when | | | | bag and clubs around the golf course is a |
| Tiger Woods started playing, but by the age | | | | great way to discourage even the most ardent |
| of six there is no reason why children can't | | | | junior golfer. |
| be out on the golf links. Tiger Woods | | | | |
| actually shot a 48 over nine holes, at the | | | | Cobra Golf offers an excellent junior starter |
| Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, when | | | | set that is custom designed for juniors in |
| he was three years old. | | | | both the six to eight and nine to eleven age |
| | | | groups. Just like the adult models, each |
| Cobra Junior Golf sets ate a great way to | | | | junior golf club is engineered with |
| give junior golfers a good first golfing | | | | computerized design and high tech materials |
| experience. | | | | that match the juniors size and strength. The |
| | | | J/Speed Cobra set includes a King Cobra 300 |
| These days, junior golf clubs are not just | | | | cc driver and a King Cobra Baffler utility |
| cut down versions of the adult models, but | | | | fairway metal. The irons are a stainless |
| individual and complete sets of quality | | | | steel 7 iron and pitching wedge. An IM Series |
| golfclubs. While the shafts are naturally | | | | mallet putter rounds out the set. The bag is |
| shorter, another major difference is swing | | | | a lightweight stand model with dual carrying |
| speed. Children aren't as strong as adults | | | | straps |
| and,therefore, swing the golf club slower. | | | | |
| | | | Cobra even throws in a J/Speed hat to round |
| The more flexible shaft compensates for the | | | | out the junior golfer's image.. |
| slow swing by whipping the club through the | | | | |
| ball at a faster than a normal driver, | | | | Don't forget to purchase the correct golf |
| fairwaywood or iron. While it is hard to | | | | balls. Look for junior golf balls or ladies |
| produce a truly flexible shaft when the golf | | | | golf balls. Both are designed for lower swing |
| club is so short, the folks at Cobra golf | | | | speeds. |
| have found thetechnology works in every club | | | | |
| in the junior's bag. | | | | The good news about junior golf clubs is they |
| | | | are designed for youngsters. The bad news is, |
| However, unlike Tiger, junior golfers really | | | | youngsters grow up. The shelf life of a set |
| don't need every golf club in the bag. The | | | | of junior golf clubs is only a few years, |
| primary focus should be on developing a good | | | | unless there is a younger brother or sister |
| swing, not a great score. It is much better | | | | waiting in the wings. |
| to hit a good 9 iron short of the green than | | | | |
| a poor 3 iron that happens to bounce along | | | | If price is an important consideration, |
| the fairway and end up on the green. A great | | | | another option to consider is used junior |
| way to start is simply by hitting a seven | | | | clubs. An Internet online store is a great |
| iron in the back yard. Then add a driver, a | | | | place to find Cobra and Callaway, Nike, Ping, |
| fairway wood or metal, a wedge and naturally, | | | | Taylor Made and other brands of junior golf |
| a putter. When your junior begins to score | | | | clubs. Used drivers, irons, fairway woods, |
| well with those clubs, then consider filling | | | | metals and putters and complete sets of |
| out the complete set. | | | | junior golf clubs are available at a cheap |
| | | | price. |
| Junior golf clubs come in three or four basic | | | | |
| age categories. Three to five years old for | | | | Our favorite is Austads. Austads is a premium |
| the Tiger wanna- be's. Six to eight, which is | | | | online store that offers junior golf clubs. |
| a good age to start playing golf. Nine to | | | | Their price points are excellent. Take some |
| eleven and eleven plus. There are also height | | | | time to compare offers and brands and select |
| guidelines if your junior is a little larger | | | | exactly the right junior golf club set for |
| or smaller than average. | | | | your junior Tiger Woods. And all from your |
| | | | computer room. |
| When buying junior golf clubs, make sure to | | | | |