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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD (10) recently started golf and seems to really enjoy it. We've also been told that she has some natural ability. Thinking ahead, is this the kind of sport where kids need lots of expensive one-on-one coaching to be good enough for their high school team?  Just trying to get a sense of what's typically required to be competitive. [/quote]

It might be useful to enter your daughter in a local US Kids tournament. Just Google "US Kids Northern VA". By participating, you will get a sense of the skill level of other players your daughter's age, and you'll be able to get some feedback from other parents as to how they are helping their kids to improve their golf skills.

While many of the 9/10 year old girls in the US kids tournaments are beginners, some have amazing golf skills. They can effortlessly drive the ball 200 yards, and, in a tournament, some of them can finish just a few strokes above par on a 9-hole, 1900 yard, par 36 course. These kids have been playing the game for several years and are getting lots of private lessons. Some are getting 1 private lesson per week (cost = $100 to $150) and also playing a practice round each week. I think some of these kids will get division 1 scholarships.

But if your daughter's goal is to be good enough to play in high school -- as opposed to college -- you could take a more leisurely approach. I think an initial set of lessons makes sense, to get the fundamentals in place. But then she could get lessons less frequently. Also, there are lots of great tutorials on YouTube. You could watch them with your daughter and try to learn the game with her.

BTW, my daughter is 9 and plays golf. We just play as a family. We aren't getting lessons. We play a few times a month. And she sometimes participates in the US kids tournaments. She generally finishes in the center of the pack, shooting around a 50 on a par-36 course. If she decides she wants to invest more time in the game, I'll get her lessons. But right now, she is having fun playing once a week, and her level of enjoyment dictates my approach. I am not going to push her onto the Division 1 golf path -- with tons of lessons and practice -- unless that is what she wants.

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