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Junior Club Ratings / August 2009

Read this excerpt from Golf Test USA:

“For the past couple of years Golf Test USA has received many requests to evaluate junior clubs. Today most junior clubs have been specially designed to take into account the physical characteristics of younger golfers. We contacted many of the golf companies that make kids golf clubs and asked them to participate in this new category. Several of the companies agreed to have Golf Test USA test and review their junior golf sets. Most sets included a golf bag, one or two metal woods, 3 or 4 irons and a putter. Some included head covers for the woods. Typically junior golf sets come in different sizes to accommodate age groups from age 5 to 12. We had young golfers use each set to practice with and play a couple of rounds of golf and then evaluate several criteria we thought would offer an indication of the design, quality and performance of each set. It took us several months to accomplish this, as the logistics involved were substantial. Let us know if you would like to see testing on other junior clubs. It is also helpful if you contact the manufacturer and let them know that you want GolfTest USA to include their clubs in our testing regimen.

Golf Test USA tends to stay away from offering anecdotal comments regarding the testing that we conduct, preferring to let the actual ratings speak for themselves, but in this case we want to offer our observation that all of the junior clubs submitted to us for testing were excellent products. Junior golfers will find that any of these sets with be good for them to get started as they learn the game of golf.

The junior clubs that achieved the highest ratings have been awarded GolfTest USA’s “Seal Of Excellence”. Those junior clubs have been designated with three asterisks after them. “Seal Of Excellence”. Those irons have been designated with three asterisks after them.

Let us know if there are other junior clubs you would like us to test and we will contact the manufacturers and see if they will participate in our next testing cycle. requestatest@golftestusa.com

Junior Clubs with three asterisks have received the GolfTest USA “Seal of Excellence”

Junior Clubs Design Quality Appearance Playability Overall
Giant Junior Series*** 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7
Merchants of Golf Red Zone*** 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.7
Players by Golf Gear*** 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.8
PowerBilt Junior Series*** 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.8

Over several years of testing GolfTest USA has determined that when subjective and objective ratings from our Test Administrators and the golfers taking the test are combined the overall rating is a very accurate indication of the actual performance of any particular golf product. There is only a small difference in the ratings yet even a couple of percentage points difference from one club to another is significant enough to indicate a club that performs at a superior level to other clubs”.

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Junior Golf Sets: Acculength Junior Golf Clubs Review

 The biggest  drawback in junior golf clubs is that while your child keeps growing, the clubs stay the same size. That means if your child is growing fast, his or her junior clubs are quickly being outgrown. For parents, that means spending money on new sets of clubs more frequently . Now with Acculength Junior golf sets that problem is solved because they have introduced a junior golf club that actually grows with the child. 

The way the Acculength Expandable Pro Quality Junior Golf Club System works is with “Spacer technology.” The shafts of the Acculength clubs can be unlocked and unscrewed at a point just below the grip. The one-inch-long spacers are inserted and locked into place giving you a golf club that is now one inch longer.  This is the first truly extendable club that was designed for the junior player. 

With regular kids golf clubs, as the kid grows, his clubs are literally shrinking on him and his swing motion and muscle memory are also changing which is not a good thing. Muscle memory and swing motion should stay the same for the best learning results. Because the Acculength is the only golf equipment that grows as the child grows, it allows swing motion and muscle memory to stay the same.

The Acculength system comes in four different models, designed to start with children fitting four different height ranges. The 500 Series (Purple) is designed for the youngest players, children 39-47 inches tall. The 1000 Series (Yellow) is for kids 45-55 inches who are just learning the game. The 2000 Series (Red) is for children 51-59 inches and features a stiffer shaft with proper loft for maximum trajectory and loft. The 3000 Series (Gray) is for kids 55-62 inches; its clubs bear a strong resemblance to adult clubs, but with more forgiveness for ease of use.

The 1000, 2000 and 3000 series come with a wood, 7-iron, pitching wedge and putter. The 500 series is the same, except that the pitching wedge is optional. All sets include a dual-strap stand bag (whose colors match the series color) that also grows as the clubs in it are lengthened; an instructional CD-ROM; 12 1-inch spacers; assembly tools and locking screws; a pouch that holds the spacers, tools and screws; and a sizing chart for proper fitting.

Optional clubs, sold separately, include a high-lofted driver and a 5-iron.  

The 500 Series carries an MSRP of $139.99; the other three series, $199.99.

Junior golf club program instructors had this to say “The Acculength clubs are big time winners and a good investment for parents of young golfers”.  They also said  that the clubs are high-quality to begin with, regardless of the spacer technology and the spacers just make them a better product.  They said that the average price on Junior golf sets run at around $130 and even though the Acculength is more expensive they end up being a better investment over time because they grow with the child which means you won’t need to buy a replacement set as often.

The pros found that inserting spacers is very easy and clubs feel very solid after spacers are inserted. Some did feel, though, that the Acculength clubs were a bit on the heavy side for younger players in the size ranges listed but this issue is solved once the child grows.

All in all the Acculength Junior Golf Set is a winner.

Buy Acculength Junior Golf Sets Here

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