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Junior Golf Instruction - How To Start Your Child

Your kids are getting to the age that they would like to start to play golf and you are wondering when to start a junior golf instruction program. Knowing when to start and how to find the right junior golf lessons for a child are crucial components to building an environment for your child to enjoy and succeed in the game of golf.

Begin by asking yourself, not your junior, some questions about what your motivation might be for getting their junior golf lessons. Four reasons that parents want junior golf lessons for their young child (under eleven) typically are the following:
Because of golf's reputation for rules, fair play and self-policing, the parents have a genuine interest in seeing their children attempt to play the game.
A babysitting service, parents get a time out from their kids for a while.

Parents want to spend more time with their child and have decided that golf will be the vehicle to do this.
As so many do, parents feel that their children must be in as many activities as possible.

Whatever your reasons are for wanting your child to begin to play the game of golf, the important thing is to ensure the kids have fun and enjoy themselves. Golf is a great game that can teach your child many life skills and is a game they can play the rest of their life.

The most important thing to do is ask your child if playing golf is something that they would like to do. If the answer is no, do not push them to play. You do need to make sure that they understand the option is always open for them to play. It make take you asking multiple times and giving them the information they need to feel comfortable to begin playing the game.

Once your child decides that they do want to play golf here are some steps to take to get them started and to keep the game fun for them:
Begin with a real junior set of clubs. Many people think that by making a club shorter it will fit a junior golfer. This is NOT true. You need to find a company that specially and properly weights their junior golf clubs depending on the size of your child. In addition, you do not need to buy a whole set. Most companies will allow you to purchase junior clubs one at a time.

Find a qualified junior golf instructor. You can contact your local PGA Section or a local club or golf course either by phone or online. If a Certified PGA Professional is available in your area, he or she would be a good place to start.

Make sure that your series of junior golf lessons include sessions on the rules of golf as well as golf etiquette. Depending on their age, the rules and etiquette situations do not need to be deep in the heart of the rule book. It has always amazed me on what a child at any age can retain when they want to learn.

Your junior does not have to play a "real golf hole" to have fun. Make the putting green the goal. This is a good way for the younger junior golfers to get started and as it reads only count the shots that it takes to get to the green to determine a score.
The hole does not need to be the end of the hole. What does this mean? Some smaller juniors find it more fun to hit it into a bunker than onto a green.

This may seem counter-intuitive to many golf purists however, once you think about it, typically the bunkers are smaller than the putting greens. This can only make them better later. In addition, they LOVE to climb into the bunkers and this gives us a chance to teach bunker etiquette.

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Female Golf Instructors In Houston

Houston, Texas has hosted several PGA and LPGA tournaments every year, the Shell Houston Open, Stanford Financial Tour Championship etc. Houston is a golf hotbed. Naturally, there is no lack of good golf instructors. The top female instructors in Houston are LPGA-certified and operate out of the cities best golf facilities. 

Betsy Cullen
Betsy Cullen is a three-time winner on the LGPA Tour and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. As a Houston instructor with more than 20 years of experience, Cullen teaches out of the Pine Forest Country Club. She specializes in club-fitting, instructing men, women, children and seniors. The former student of Harvey Penick was recognized as a top teacher by "Golf" and "Golf for Women" magazines (2006) and is an author and public speaker.

Betsy Cullen
LPGA Golf Instructor
Pine Forest Country Club
18003 Clay Road
Houston, TX 77084
(281) 463-0900
pfcc.com

 

Deb Vangellow
Deb Vangellow teaches out of Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas, where she is the Director of Instruction. With more than 18 years of experience, Vangellow specializes in swing mechanics, club-fitting (Callaway FT-9 Draw Driver etc) and playing lessons. She hosts a variety of clinics for men, women, children and seniors and was named among the top female instructors in the United States by "Golf for Women" magazine in 2006.

Deb Vangellow
Director of Instruction
Sweetwater Country Club
4400 Palm Royale Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(281) 980-4100
swcclub.com

 

Juliette Bentz
Juliette Bentz is among the next generation of top female golf instructors in Houston with four years of teaching under her belt. A former Southwest Texas State University golfer, Bentz teaches at Sienna Plantation Golf Club in the southwestern Houston suburb of Missouri City. Bentz runs the junior program at Sienna Plantation and also teaches men and women. She works under PGA professional Neil Wilkins.

Juliette Bentz
Assistant Professional
Sienna Plantation Golf Club
1 Waters Lake Blvd.
Missouri City, TX 77459
(281) 778-GOLF (4653)
siennagolf.com

 

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