Clubs for Rising 8th Grade Girl

[Mark Griffith]

Hi- my daughter is a rising 8th grader and has getting into golf. She takes lessons and we have played Par 3s on a number of occasions. Her goal is to continue to improve and play high school golf. She has now outgrown her 60" US Kids Golf set (she is now 5' 4" and will probably grow another 2 inches or so), and I'm looking to get her into her first set of ladies clubs. Any thoughts on what we should be looking at? So far, we have seen a complete set of Wilson Profile SGI from PGA Tour Superstore that cost $320. There were also 2 options at Dick's that looked like good deals. One was an iron/hybrid set of Callaway XR (ladies) for $599, and the other was a complete set of Callaway Solaire (2016) for $699. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thank You!
Mark

[Vinsk]

Ah! Another recovered post! Erik is pretty busy but he’s one who could give good advice on this. @iacas. So nice to hear your daughter is in to golf! 

[iacas]

If she's serious enough, 2" of growth is not enough of a difference to require new clubs (she can grip down 1/2" to start).

I'd find a fitter who has the equipment necessary (likely just some men's senior shafts, or something like that) and see about fitting her into a set of PING, Cobra, or other types of clubs that have club heads that suit women, seniors, and juniors. I'd avoid clubs like Titleist… they tend to be heavier and more suitable for men and/or higher powered women.

A good set of clubs will not only have reasonably decent resale value, but can still cost < $2k. Especially since she probably doesn't need 14 clubs:

• Putter (1)
• Driver (2)
• 5W (3)
• Two hybrids (4, 5)
• 6I, 7I, 8I, 9I, PW, SW (6-11)

She might even start off with a 6H instead of a 6I.