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Fore Left

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I guess I'll start this, since I'm on my way out to buy clubs for my son....

I want to help my 5 year old enjoy the game, but all of the Junior-lessons and "Golf Camps" in the area are for  "6-17 year olds"  and I don't think it'll serve him very well to be put into a large group with such varying skill levels and ages, and I also think he's a little too young to really get the most from individual lessons.    I think I'll take him out to the local goat-pasture a few times, and just hope I can hit the most off-peak times....  I'm pretty big on proper etiquette and pace of play etc...  so I am certainly not going to hamper anyone else's enjoyment of the game, and I expect getting him to "stick with it"  for an entire 9 the first time out will be tough.

I think he's small enough that I'll have him hitting balls in the backyard at first, rather than a range,  or perhaps down at the park.

Do lessons directed at the very young age groups solely actually exist, or do I need to self-teach him for the next couple of years so he doesn't waste my $350 on a 5 day camp  (that he's not old enough for now anyways)


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Just take him out and let him have fun. If he wants to play he will. It will be very difficult to get him to finish 9 holes. You might be lucky to get him to finish a par 3.

Happy Gilmore was a Hack!


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