Q: MY KIDDO RECENTLY TOOK UP GOLF. CAN I JUST CUT DOWN A SET OF ADULT CLUBS?
A lot of parents believe that cutting down adult clubs provides their kids with “quality equipment,” but veteran club designer Tom Wishon, author of 12 Myths That Could Wreck Your Golf Game, doesn’t mince words about this approach: “The clubs will be too heavy, too stiff, the wrong loft, the wrong lie and probably the wrong length. Other than that, they will be just what the kid needs to develop a good swing—for cutting firewood.”
Earl Woods, Tiger’s father, believed that the right equipment was critical to his son’s golf development. “I always made sure Tiger had clubs that fit,” he said. Unfortunately, too many kids start out playing the game with cut-down, hand-me-downs,…
