Any time soon, the winner of the 2025 BA MoonShuttle-sponsored Open Championship at Royal Luton & Milton Keynes, will be anticipating receiving their first set of junior golf clubs from Santa.
They will be aged around six or seven and looking forward to joining their grandad on the local par-3 course, armed with the latest set of clubs – irons(Callaway X-Forged Irons ), hybrid, two irons and a putter – complete with colour-co-ordinated stand bag and head covers.
It will be the start of a journey – which the likes of Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy and one Tiger Woods (though I doubt he believed in Father Christmas anyway) – also took at an early age and which no doubt will culminate with a host of major titles.
Having researched the junior golf club sets produced by the major brands for this feature, its clear that much has been invested in building loyalty among future generations of superstars, making the equipment similar in looks but more sympathetic in forgiveness and performance, to that of the adults.
Even young girls have been catered for with lightweight clubs and bags in pink, in a bid to find the next Melissa Reid or Paula Creamer. We hope that as parents and grandparents, uncles and aunts, you might find your offspring something within budget this Christmas inspired by our special feature.
Callaway Legacy Forged Irons
Aware of the need to build loyalty to their brand from an early age, Callaway golf has put a lot of thought into equipment for children, from ensuring that their smallest XJ range fits the child’s height (41-50 inches) to supplying a bag with a holder for that essential accessory – the MP3 player.
The clubs in blue livery for boys and pink for girls, are designed to deliver maximum distance, while getting the ball airborne quickly. Notch weighting, Daddy grooves and X-design soles are all features found on adult clubs, too.
Callaway Tour X-22 Irons engineers added new features that allow the X-22 Tour Irons to play even better and feel even softer. Precision Notch Weighting and a new sleeker hosel combine to raise the MOI for better stability and allow the CG to be moved lower and more in line with the center of the face. This generates ideal trajectories and significantly enhances the level of feel. The head shape has been refined with the thinnest possible topline while still using a 360-Degree Undercut Channel, and the optimized sole width progression provides better turf interaction.
It has the following features:
1. Precision Notch Weighting creates a higher MOI for more stability while maintaining the CG position that produces ideal trajectories and feel.
2. Tour-proven head shape features a thin topline, shorter blade length, and a lower in-line CG.
3. Redesigned hosel is sleeker to significantly improve feel and adjustability.
4. Sole width progression optimizes turf interaction through the entire set.
5. Callaway Golf core technologies include VFT and a 360-Degree Undercut Channel