How to Choose the Right Junior Golf Club Length

Height, not age, is what actually determines the right club length for your child.

Every junior golf brand sizes its clubs primarily by height, not age - age ranges you see on packaging are just a rough guide layered on top of the real height brackets. Measure your child's height with their golf shoes on for the most accurate fit.

U.S. Kids Golf, one of the most established junior brands, breaks its sizing into ~8cm increments from 99cm up to 168cm tall, which is about as precise as junior club fitting gets. Big-box brands like Callaway, Wilson and Cobra use broader bands - typically spanning 15-25cm per set - which is perfectly fine for casual play but a less exact fit.

If your child measures right on the boundary between two sizes, the common advice from club fitters is to size up rather than down. A club that's an inch or two long is easier to adapt to than one that's too short, and it buys a bit of room to grow before the next re-fit.

Beyond pure height, swing speed starts to matter more once a junior is approaching their mid-teens - once a driver swing speed reaches roughly 90mph, most fitters consider a player ready to transition into adult equipment regardless of age.