Everything you need before your child plays junior golf in Japan, in nine guides. Read them in order to go from why golf is good for children to entering a first tournament, caddying and driving the cart, course length, choosing clubs, preparing for the weather, and on to the road to the pros and college golf abroad.
Golf teaches what textbooks can’t.
Seven strengths junior golf builds, from courtesy and resilience to thinking for themselves, and the time it gives families together, with recent research.
Read →Your first junior golf tournament in Japan
Choosing an event, reading the guidelines, signing up, getting ready and the day itself, in seven illustrated steps.
Read →What parents need to know on the course
For parents who play golf: what caddies, cart drivers and spectators may and may not do, habits to leave at home, and what to do when something goes wrong.
Read →Driving distance by age and course length
How far children of each age typically hit, and which course length suits your child, compared in diagrams.
Read →Height, length, weight and stiffness
How to pick the right size of junior clubs and how many to start with, based on guidance from club makers and golf associations.
Read →How junior golfers prepare, and how parents can help
How to play your best in heat, cold and rain, and what parents can do as caddie or spectator, based on research and the Rules of Golf.
Read →Where the world’s top players came from
We checked the background of each of the world top 50 and compared them with 20 years ago: US college golf, turning pro as a teenager, ways onto the tour and how narrow the gate is.
Read →How players who grew up in Japan reached the world stage
Where today’s Japanese PGA Tour players grew up, the four doors they used, a comparison with 20 years ago and what parents can do at each age.
Read →For parents in Japan thinking about US high schools and colleges
Costs, the golf level needed, school work and English, three routes, what to do in each school year and how scholarships work, from official numbers.
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