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I have a 18 month old son that is amazed with golf clubs and I need some advice. I need to know if I can cut down a full length club and find grips that will fit the smaller size of the shaft after it is cut down. He is right handed but, any kind of bat or club he is a left handed hitter which, is rather strange. I will have to try and find some old cheap clubs (just a couple) and cut them way down. I will have to regrip them or find some kind of rap for a grip so it does not poke him. Any help on this is appreciated.

The cheap ones from Walmart ect... just do not stand up to the abuse he gives them.

My recommendation:

DO NOT USE CUT DOWNS!! I would suggest getting him a red US Kids set. They are inexpensive (about $80 for a set that comes with a wood, iron, putter, and bag), available in right and left handed models, and sized and weighted proportional to an adult set. If you need to cut that set down even further, Golf Pride makes a junior grip that will fit on that shaft without modification. There is no other company that is even close. Callaway and Ping make a better quality set, but the fitting is just not there. A full length adult club cut down will be way too heavy for him and he will struggle to swing it. Where I work, we teach a lot of junior golfers. Many come to us with swing flaws that they developed using the wrong equipment.

Thanks for the reply and I will try and see if I can locate a set of those around here. We are in the middle of nowhere and don't have any shops around here other than a walmart.

JJ I'm sort of in the same situation but the difference is that I have a kids set from my niece and I want my daughter to use them, actually I already bought them, but when I brought them home, they are about 4-6inches longer than what my daughter should be using, kids set is for 10-12 while my daughter is just 8...

Would you advice me to cut them? since they are kids clubs already and lighter than the adult set. Thanks for the advice.

Are these U.S. Kids clubs? I think you would be alright if you cut them down a little. They are already lighter to begin with. The shafts may be a little too stiff for her once they are cut, but they would be better than using a cut down set of adult clubs. Depending on how long they are, she may be able to grip down on them. Ideally, you would want to get the correct set of clubs for her now (probably U.S. Kids Lavender), and save the clubs you have now for when she gets older. If that's not in your budget, have her use the set she has now as is if she only has to grip down an inch or two. If neither works, cut the clubs down.

she has the slazenger kids clubs 9-12y.o....when I bought these I realized they were too long and looked at the US kids, I think the US kids lavander would be the same size as the slazengers has now, orange/orange gold are the clubs that might be right for here, but my wife will kill me if I bought here another set...(she already has my two extra sets to contend with everytime she "redecorates/rearranges" the house, hehe)

I was thinking of cutting them down 2-3inches and maybe she can grip down an inch...right now she's gripping about 3-4 inches down and I could see that this is kinda bothering her swing a little bit. But I would not want this cut down too much to affect her swing in a bad way (like what you mentioned in your previous post, it might do more worse than good)

I'm thinking to cut 2 inches is the safest way to go for me right now, (not too long to affect her swing right? rather than having here choke down 4")...if she grips an inch down that would still be okay....what do you think? 2" cut is safe/good way to go? or bad idea?

Thanks JJ

Your son, being 18 months old, is probably just looking for something to swing and bang around. At this time, it is probably ok to just cut a club down... way down and let him swing away. At his age, it is about fun, not about grooving a perfect swing. The lighter, the better -- maybe you can find an old used junior club and cut that down. The weakest flex you can find would be good, too.

Now, if your son gets to be about 4, 5, 6 years old and then wants to learn to play, then it becomes important to get him a set that will be appropriate for him. Like JJ said, using inappropriate clubs leads to really poor mechanics. Again, the clubs need to be light with really weak flexes. At least L flex, maybe even LL flex. To do it right, you probably will need to find a custom clubmaker who as least understands fitting for kids. To know if the clubmaker you find understands children's need, I'd suggest you go and read Tom Wishon's The Search for the Perfect Golf Club specifically Chapter 10 entitled "Seniors, Juniors, and the Disabled" The reason a clubmaker could really be necessary is that your kid may be outside the national average for those age-specific sets, not unlike how most of us are significantly outside the national average every off-the-rack set is made to. Most clubmakers shouldn't charge an arm and a leg for kid's clubs. Firstly, most kid's swing speeds aren't fast enough to need 13 differently lofted clubs (and most of the pre-made sets reflect that) so your kid probably only needs to be fitted for 4 or 5 clubs. But, also, most clubmakers realize that it is a little better to give a good price and get a customer for life than to charge as much as possible and turn off potential life customers.

i think they make plastic clubs with plastic balls to go along with it if ur kid is only 18 months old he doesn't need to be swinging a piece of metal around things will be getting broken and people will be getting hurt...

You should be fine with the 2 inch cut down, especially because you are cutting down a junior set. See if you can save the grips because a regular grip will not fit on those shafts. If you can't, then you can get the Golf Pride grips I mentioned in the first post. The shafts may be a little stiffer, but the difference should be negligible. At least the weight will be okay.

Thanks JJ....good I was able to get an expert's opinion before I did something stupid! Thanks so much, I'll be doing this later.