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re: What age were you introduced to Golf? What age did you introduce your kids to Golf?
Posted on 4/22/26 at 6:25 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Posted on 4/22/26 at 6:25 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I started playing around age 28, now 44, but I quit for 7ish years before picking it back up when my kids showed more interest.
How my boys got into it:
I bought them a used US Kids Golf 1st level set and just had it around the house. I would hit wedges around the yard and they would come out their on their own. They were 4 and 5 years old. Around the age of 6, one of my boys did a 2 hour kids clinic while we were on vacation. The coach mentioned how good his swing was but we didnt really do anything more after that. We did the same vacation a year later and both boys went to the clinic. They both enjoyed it so then I started researching how to get kids more involved with golf.
We ended up getting the older one a lesson with a coach at CCLA. Thats when I came across the PGA Junior League. We were able to join the CCLA PGA Junior League, even though we were not members, and my older son played which was a lot of fun for him because of the format. Not long after that he started playing the US Kids Golf Gulf Coast tournaments and has done those seasons for the last few years. The youngest does the Spring season because he picks football in the fall and basketball in the winter. We let them pick one sport, one team for each of the4 seasons. The oldest picks golf for fall/spring/summer.
They both did the PGA Junior League for one more season then we stopped that.
Golf, esp in individual competition, is a difficult sport to really enjoy, as a kid and adult. So we have them do The First Tee program at BREC to be around other kids and have fun. When we play, we always do team scramble format to keep the pressure off of them and make it as fun as possible.
My recommendation:
Around the age of 3/4, buy them a real putter and bring them with you, when you get to the green, drop a ball on the green and have them putt.
As they get older 6/7: put them in either PGA Junior League or The First Tee program.
Around the age of 8: put them in a US Kids Golf tournament.
Don’t expand past local tournaments until they can win locally. Thats where we are at currently.
There is a development program called Operation 36 that is really good but no one around BR does it but you can follow the methods as a parent.
Junior Golf Development around BR is lacking severely. BREC is the only group doing something.
How my boys got into it:
I bought them a used US Kids Golf 1st level set and just had it around the house. I would hit wedges around the yard and they would come out their on their own. They were 4 and 5 years old. Around the age of 6, one of my boys did a 2 hour kids clinic while we were on vacation. The coach mentioned how good his swing was but we didnt really do anything more after that. We did the same vacation a year later and both boys went to the clinic. They both enjoyed it so then I started researching how to get kids more involved with golf.
We ended up getting the older one a lesson with a coach at CCLA. Thats when I came across the PGA Junior League. We were able to join the CCLA PGA Junior League, even though we were not members, and my older son played which was a lot of fun for him because of the format. Not long after that he started playing the US Kids Golf Gulf Coast tournaments and has done those seasons for the last few years. The youngest does the Spring season because he picks football in the fall and basketball in the winter. We let them pick one sport, one team for each of the4 seasons. The oldest picks golf for fall/spring/summer.
They both did the PGA Junior League for one more season then we stopped that.
Golf, esp in individual competition, is a difficult sport to really enjoy, as a kid and adult. So we have them do The First Tee program at BREC to be around other kids and have fun. When we play, we always do team scramble format to keep the pressure off of them and make it as fun as possible.
My recommendation:
Around the age of 3/4, buy them a real putter and bring them with you, when you get to the green, drop a ball on the green and have them putt.
As they get older 6/7: put them in either PGA Junior League or The First Tee program.
Around the age of 8: put them in a US Kids Golf tournament.
Don’t expand past local tournaments until they can win locally. Thats where we are at currently.
There is a development program called Operation 36 that is really good but no one around BR does it but you can follow the methods as a parent.
Junior Golf Development around BR is lacking severely. BREC is the only group doing something.
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:27 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Started at 11. Really only got into it because my older brother was going with my dad and I was jealous.
I was making really good contact early thanks to a good baseball swing (which took a major hit once I got good at golf) and I played for roughly 8 years consecutively. Took a 10-ish year break without playing at all. Then would pick em up a couple times per year but I was only getting worse and my equipment was old.
Last year I decided to really start playing again and got essentially an entire new set and made it a point to make it to at least a simulator once per week until my daughter was born in March.
I intend on introducing my sons when they're around 5 or 6.
I was making really good contact early thanks to a good baseball swing (which took a major hit once I got good at golf) and I played for roughly 8 years consecutively. Took a 10-ish year break without playing at all. Then would pick em up a couple times per year but I was only getting worse and my equipment was old.
Last year I decided to really start playing again and got essentially an entire new set and made it a point to make it to at least a simulator once per week until my daughter was born in March.
I intend on introducing my sons when they're around 5 or 6.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 9:54 am to Spelt it rong
Same as OP, started playing seriously around 30. Grew up in baseball, basketball, football and outdoors stuff.
I've played religiously since getting fitted in 2021 for the first time full bag. 50+ rounds per year. Joined a club here in Dallas in 2022 and my game took off pretty well from there. I got down to a 7-8 handicap for a while.
Just had my first kid in November and my handicap is back up to a 10. I think it will only get worse from there.
I've got a garage SIM setup that helps keep my hands and ball striking decent but its nothing like being on course and getting rounds in.
Hope to keep 10-20 rounds per year going but know that will get tough as the kiddo gets older. Praying she has an affinity for golf as that would be pretty special to spend time doing that with her.
I've played religiously since getting fitted in 2021 for the first time full bag. 50+ rounds per year. Joined a club here in Dallas in 2022 and my game took off pretty well from there. I got down to a 7-8 handicap for a while.
Just had my first kid in November and my handicap is back up to a 10. I think it will only get worse from there.
I've got a garage SIM setup that helps keep my hands and ball striking decent but its nothing like being on course and getting rounds in.
Hope to keep 10-20 rounds per year going but know that will get tough as the kiddo gets older. Praying she has an affinity for golf as that would be pretty special to spend time doing that with her.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 10:47 am to Riseupfromtherubble
The township I grew up in has kind of a unique situation where most of the local kids learn golf. The local country club, St. Clair Country Club (where Neil Shipley plays out of) did a renovation sometime in the 1960's. They were building a new 9 and did some restructuring of their existing two nines. During that process they lopped off three holes and donated them to the township. They still maintain the holes for the township, but naturally not to the standard of the country club. You could go there and pay a couple dollars and play around as many times as you like, or until one of the staff tells you that it was too busy to have you keep going around. Mostly it was high school kids manning the shop that didn't care what you did.
My friends and I used to go there around when we were 16 and could drive ourselves and play nine holes or so. The township would old lessons there as well as part of a summer rec program and I did that a few times, which were my only real lessons to this day. We moved onto some of the local 9 hole courses. That said, I went long stretches without playing much and didn't really "get into" golf until I was in my 30's.
I'm a club member now, and live just a few streets away from the course. My kids are 12 and 10 and so far refused to have anything to do with golf. Really it's frustrating; they have a beautiful course and practice area, literally a three minute walk from our house that they want nothing to do with. My son is obsessed with only playing football and running track and insists that golf is boring and stupid. My daughter is starting to come around to it and has asked to go play a few holes, which is nice. So there's some hope there. I'm hoping my son comes around to the idea of the game while he can do it for free.
I keep telling them that they'll regret not playing while dad and mom are paying for it, but they don't have a great concept of what these kind of things cost yet. There's still time, so I'm holding out hope their opinion changes.
My friends and I used to go there around when we were 16 and could drive ourselves and play nine holes or so. The township would old lessons there as well as part of a summer rec program and I did that a few times, which were my only real lessons to this day. We moved onto some of the local 9 hole courses. That said, I went long stretches without playing much and didn't really "get into" golf until I was in my 30's.
I'm a club member now, and live just a few streets away from the course. My kids are 12 and 10 and so far refused to have anything to do with golf. Really it's frustrating; they have a beautiful course and practice area, literally a three minute walk from our house that they want nothing to do with. My son is obsessed with only playing football and running track and insists that golf is boring and stupid. My daughter is starting to come around to it and has asked to go play a few holes, which is nice. So there's some hope there. I'm hoping my son comes around to the idea of the game while he can do it for free.
I keep telling them that they'll regret not playing while dad and mom are paying for it, but they don't have a great concept of what these kind of things cost yet. There's still time, so I'm holding out hope their opinion changes.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:14 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I came to golf later, like you. Growing up in a rural parish in the 70s and 80s, golf wasn't an option. No HS golf team we played baseball all summer, and the only golfers I knew were our bank president and his son plus one or two of my friend's dads.
Started golfing in my early 30s at public courses until I could finally join a country club.
Now, I have raised both my daughter and son on a golf course. #15 fairway connects to my backyard. They didn't want to play growing up but now my son and his buddies play non-stop. It's their #1 hobby and I enjoy the days I get to golf with him.
Started golfing in my early 30s at public courses until I could finally join a country club.
Now, I have raised both my daughter and son on a golf course. #15 fairway connects to my backyard. They didn't want to play growing up but now my son and his buddies play non-stop. It's their #1 hobby and I enjoy the days I get to golf with him.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:32 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I started playing at the golf course by our neighborhood around 12 with some friends but didn’t get serious about it until 9th grade when I joined the golf team. Had a few lessons in high school but nothing crazy as I played two other sports.
I have a 3 year old now with another on the way. We play with a little tykes golf club and ball in the back yard right now but she is obviously just swinging it all around not knowing what they’re doing but I hope l to get her more exposure as she gets older. Maybe some kids golf camps in a few years. I used to work those in high school/college and you’d be surprised at how young some people get serious about the game.
I have a 3 year old now with another on the way. We play with a little tykes golf club and ball in the back yard right now but she is obviously just swinging it all around not knowing what they’re doing but I hope l to get her more exposure as she gets older. Maybe some kids golf camps in a few years. I used to work those in high school/college and you’d be surprised at how young some people get serious about the game.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 12:04 pm to STLhog
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Joined a club here in Dallas in 2022
Which one? What area are you in? I only lived there for a little over a year but I made it out to a few different courses. Really like the golf there.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:16 pm to Spelt it rong
It’s called The Nelson now. Used to be TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas. Where they held the Byron PGA for 20+ years before screwing it up and moving it all over Dallas. I actually live in East Dallas but can get there in 20 minutes on the expressway.
The TPC course is one of my favorite courses in the country. Cottonwood is a great option to change things up.
I’ve played DCC, Stonebriar and got to play Dallas National par 3 when they were renovating the course. Otherwise haven’t really played any of the other well known private clubs.
Old American, Tribute, Stevens and Tenison are great public courses.
The TPC course is one of my favorite courses in the country. Cottonwood is a great option to change things up.
I’ve played DCC, Stonebriar and got to play Dallas National par 3 when they were renovating the course. Otherwise haven’t really played any of the other well known private clubs.
Old American, Tribute, Stevens and Tenison are great public courses.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:34 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I played football, baseball, and basketball since I was 9. I was introduced to golf at 14. It was love at first swing! Fifty-one years later and I'm still chasing that little white ball.
Could not get my kids interested at all, and I was not going to push them. My daughter has great hand-eye coordination, but thought golf was too boring. She played baseball, softball, and lacrosse. Flash forward to her young married life and she took lessons with her hubby. I’m so happy for that.
Could not get my kids interested at all, and I was not going to push them. My daughter has great hand-eye coordination, but thought golf was too boring. She played baseball, softball, and lacrosse. Flash forward to her young married life and she took lessons with her hubby. I’m so happy for that.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:23 am to STLhog
Nice!
Love Tenison. I considered it my home course. Stevens is a strange one IMO.
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Stevens and Tenison
Love Tenison. I considered it my home course. Stevens is a strange one IMO.
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