The honest equipment guide

The Gear

What a junior actually needs in the bag, what's a sales pitch, and how to tell the difference before you spend $400 on a wedge.

The Gear

02 · The sales pitch decoded

"Hey Mom, there's a gap in my bag"

The most-quoted sentence in junior golf. Sometimes true. Often expensive.

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Placeholder — what "a gap" actually means (a distance range your kid can't cover with a full swing), whether it matters at their level, and the cheap fixes (half swings, a different ball, a used wedge) to try before the $400 purchase.