Golf is one of those sports you genuinely want your kid to play. It builds character, gets them outside for hours, teaches patience, and gives them a skill they can carry for the rest of their life. The problem is that golf is hard and a lot of junior golf sets are not built to give a kid a real chance to succeed. They look the part but have so little technology that a kid is fighting the clubs before they even learn the game.
That is the problem Stix solves with their new junior set. These are built with the same performance DNA as the adult Stix sets, which have held up well in our own testing, and at $279 without the bag and $350 with it, they sit in a sweet spot between a cheap starter set and the premium options like US Kids Golf or PING Prodi G.
What you get
The Stix Junior Set is a five-club setup. You get a lightweight 12.5-degree driver built for easy launch, a 21-degree 4-hybrid that is forgiving off any lie, a 31-degree 7-iron, a 46-degree pitching wedge, and a putter. The bag from Sunday Golf is well made and should hold up to whatever your kid does to it.
What makes these different
The same Stix design philosophy that helps their adult clubs perform above their price point carries over here. These clubs are light, easy to swing, genuinely forgiving, and built with enough technology that a kid who puts in some effort can develop real ball-striking ability with them.
The other thing Stix gets right is how they look.
That sounds like a small thing until you watch a kid pick up a club they think looks cool versus one they don’t. The Stix Junior Set looks like a real set of golf clubs. My kids noticed immediately.
What we liked
The driver is the standout. It is lightweight, launches easily, and gave my kids real confidence off the tee which is exactly what you want when a kid is just learning. The 4-hybrid is forgiving off any lie and is probably going to be the club they reach for most on the course.
The 7-iron is easy to hit cleanly and the putter sets up nicely and is easy to line up.
The extra money for the Sunday Golf bag is worth it.
What could be better
The wedge situation is my biggest issue with this set. You get a pitching wedge, which works fine for approach shots, but is not going to help a kid escape a bunker. A sand wedge would serve a beginner far better around the greens and getting out of sand.
If your kid is going to spend time at camp or on a real course this summer, I would strongly consider picking up an additional wedge separately. To me, this is the biggest gap in an otherwise well thought-out set.
Sizing covers ages 8 to 12 and from my testing that feels about right. It ran a little long for my shorter 9-year-old and a touch short for my taller 12-year-old. A short and tall option would go a long way for future sets from Stix. An inch of adjustment either way would make this set work for a wider range of kids.
This is Stix’s first junior release so I am hopeful that is coming.
Pros and cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Built with real performance technology | Pitching wedge won’t help in bunkers |
| Looks like a proper set of clubs — kids notice | One size fits all — limited at height extremes |
| Same design DNA as the adult Stix sets | Right-handed only |
| Putter is excellent for new players | First release — limited options for now |
| Sunday Golf bag is well built and fun | |
| $279 without bag, $350 with bag (overall fair price) | |
| Genuinely easy to hit across all five clubs |
The bottom line
If you need a summer camp solution or you have a kid who thinks they may be interested in the game, I’d give you a green light on the Stix junior set. Serious juniors should still stick with the PING in my opinion, and if you’re really just want to get a kid started swinging a club, purchase a single 7-iron or fairway driver from U.S. Kids.
Hope this helps and if you have specific questions about the set just let me know in the comments.
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