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Best Golf Package Sets: Our Favorite Men's And Junior Sets
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Apr 1, 2025
Want a new set of the clubs but don't want to fork out thousands of dollars for a custom fit set and bag? Well then a package set is a good place to start and in this video, Joel Tadman and Joe Ferguson run through some of the best options on the market in 2024 ideal for beginners and high handicappers looking for something cheap and cheerful. They also shine a spotlight on some of the best golf club sets for kids, so if you're a parent looking to get your child into golf be sure to watch to the end.
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Now package sets are becoming an increasingly popular option
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for people looking to get into golf and develop their skills. So in this video, we're going to run through some of the best
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package sets on the market. Should you be looking to shop in this cost effective area
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of the market? Now I'm alongside Joe Ferguson, PJ Pro and Golf Monthly staff writer
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Before we get into the specifics, Joe, of these sets, who are the type of people that should be looking to invest
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in a package set versus something that's more customer fit? Well, I wasn't really across these package sets much
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before I joined the team at Golf Monthly and I've been fortunate enough to see more and more of them
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And I thought they were initially just for people starting out. But the more that I've tested, the more I've seen
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it's just a really cost-effective way of accumulating a full set of golf clubs
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and everything you need to play the game, including bags. So yeah, a broad spectrum of people who can be using these
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Absolutely. It's worth pointing out that we're going to be covering men's sets and junior sets, as you can see in this particular video
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because we can really speak with authority. we've both got children, so we can speak with authority on both of those types of sets
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If you are looking for information on the best women's package sets, make sure you check out
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the link in the description, we'll link out to our buying guides. And if you do like the look of any
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of these package sets, I'll put some handy links in the description where you can buy these for the
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best price in your area. So without further ado, let's dive into the best package sets on the market
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in 2024. Right, we've got our first two sets. I've got something from Wilson that I want to
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talk about but I see you've got Cobra there Joel. I do this is the Cobra Fly XL comes in at £699
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which I think is the same price as your one but I do think you get a lot for your money with this
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particular set so it's a 10 club set I like how you've got a 10.5 degree driver and they've included
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a five wood versus a three wood I think for some golfers especially starting out the game a three
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wood can be quite hard to launch and if you're looking for a driver alternative you get a five
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wood rather than three wood and a hybrid but the standout part of this set in particular along with
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the bag is the irons. These irons are incredibly easy to launch, really inviting down behind the
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ball, relatively thick top line, decent amount of offset, but just really easy to launch. If you look
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at something super forgiving, it's going to be really user-friendly and help you get the ball
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up in the air from the fairway into greens. These irons are fantastic. A really nice sort of stealthy
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like stand bag with five pockets, all the storage you'd never need. That is my first pick, I think a
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really good option. I'm going to throw to you, Joe. As I said, this Wilson set, similar price. What do
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get a few money here. Exactly the same price, I think. So yes, you've got the Wilson PlayerFit
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premium package. I'm just looking a bit jealous at yours, actually. I like the stealthy. I like
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that black. It's really cool. Got a bit more color here with the blue accents. And yeah, overall
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it's just I found this to be probably my favorite of everything I've tested as an overall package
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personally, the bits that I've tested. 10 club set as well. We've gone three wood instead of five
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wood. We've got the five hybrid in here. And particularly in the irons of this set, I found
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them really powerful, great ball speeds but still with some really high launch which you want if
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you're just starting out in the game or for slower swing speed players but the bit that I really
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wanted to highlight is more down the bottom end of the bag. I've got two clubs, the sand wedge in
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particular. I'd game this now. It's just super clean, just a blade style specialist feel sand
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wedge. No offense to yours, that's a little bit chunkier, a little bit of thicker sole so probably
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a bit less versatility than mine so I'm really happy with the sand wedge. I love how Wilson have
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set me up there. Also in the putter, I've got a touch more forgiveness than yours. So I've got
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a bit more MOI. I've got sort of the fang style putter. I've also got the milled face and I've got
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a really nice premium feeling tacky grip. In terms of value for money for 699, the bag, the head
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covers, the 10 clubs and the specialist short game stuff, I was really pleased with this Wilson set
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It's a competitive battle between two. Maybe if you like a blade style putter, potentially go down
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in the Cobra route, you want more of a forgiving mallet putter, go down to Wilson, but two really good options
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in that sort of mid-price area of the package set market. Right, so Joe, for our next choices in the package set market
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we gone both ends of the price spectrum Kick us off with what you got here and what you like about it Yeah well I got this McGregor CG4000 set and these are coming in at
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So I've got a lot of value for money here. I'll let you break the news on the price of yours
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in a moment, but they are very different. So again, we've got a 10 club set up here
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I've got a beautiful premium bag. This is one of the highlights for me. The stand feels really sturdy
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Some of the package sets I've tried previously in the past, I've worried about the longevity and the durability
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this feels like it could go through any sort of abuse, which you might give it when you're learning
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how to play golf with some anger issues, I don't know. But yeah, the bag was a real highlight for
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me. And another standout feature, the woods of everything that I've tried, the ease of use
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the playability, just phenomenal. They're so easy to get airborne. Obviously, for me as sort of a
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higher speed player, probably a bit too airborne. But if I'm sort of bringing that back down the
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scale for someone learning the game or someone with a slower swing speed, just the playability
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of those woods is exceptional. One more thing before I pass over to you, I really enjoyed
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and this is stealing a bit from your company, actually, kind of a two-ball style putter
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So for someone who's just starting out and learning how to aim their putter and read
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greens and stuff, having this little two-ball alignment system here with a line going through
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it, I think is of real benefit and will really help put you in the right place on the green
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So what have you got? Yeah, very good choice there, Joe. So I've gone for the, this is the
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Callaway XR package set and this comes in at £1,400 so it is the most expensive package set we're
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going to feature in this video but bear with me because you do get a lot for your money. You get
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12 clubs and this is obviously the XR range is a franchise that I think a lot of golfers will be
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familiar with. It was played out on tour a few years ago. It was one of their premium sort of
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custom fit options sort of 10-12 years ago and I do think the quality and the performance really
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shines through on this particular set. So I'll start with the driver and you can see here how
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this driver sort of does have a much better look to it versus most sort of package set drivers
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You've got this lovely matte black finish on it, beautiful kind of accents on the crown. It looks
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more premium than I'd say most package set drivers. Put it down at a dress, it does sit a little bit
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closed, but it does still look very inviting to hear. And I think also with driver in package sets
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they can sound quite loud and tinny, whereas this one has more of a muted thud sound to it. So I
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think you get much better acoustics with this one. Better feel, feels really hot off the face
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As I said, 12 clubs, so you get your driver, your fairwood and your hybrid, some very authentically
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Callaway looking irons. I think this is a silhouette that a lot of golfers will be familiar with when it comes
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to game improvement irons from Callaway. Super forgiving, really easy launching. But I like the clubs at the bottom end of the bag
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I picked your putter up a minute ago, I was very jealous. You picked my putter up. Before we get into the putter, Joe, I do like this sort of specialty 55 degree wedge, it
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has a little bit of a muscle back feel to it. May I? You may
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So that's a really nice wedge. looking for something that's going to be forgiving and give you a little bit of versatility and feel
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you might get it from that. But also like the putter that's included within this set
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along with an excellent stand bag with nine pockets, I might add, is the Odyssey DFX
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This is the number seven. This is an iconic shape. A lot of top players in the world have used
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this sort of shape putter. Strong grip as well. A really nice grip to it, yeah. I mean, there's a lot to like about this putter
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Super forgiving, really easy to align with those three lines. I know your two ball putter is also doing a similar job
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but I think these three line system, It's a really powerful way to see where the face is pointing
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I think this is a really good entry point into the Callaway brand
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It is a lot of money, but if you were to buy a full set of premium
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custom fit Callaway clubs, you'd be spending a lot more than 1,400 pounds
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So if you're looking to get into the Callaway brand without spending an awful lot of money
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I think this XR package set is a really good option. So now I want to talk about this Strata package set
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Now the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice they're left-handed, so I'm not going to try and pretend that I tested this set
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I'm relaying some information from one of our friends in the minority left-handed department, Dan Parker
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one of the other gear writers. And he was very enamored with the irons in particular
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The distance he was getting off the irons, he felt was comparable to his actual gamer set
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They are quite strong I want to put them down but they you know from what he said they were pretty hot off the face give him some real strong distance output What I also liked when I looked in here and Dan mentioned it in his review more options at the top end of the bag We got a couple of hybrids here
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So again, for people starting out who might have a slower swing speed and looking to help get the ball airborne a little bit more, we've got that help from the hybrids
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Now, Dan Parker, he also tests soft goods for us, and he was very, very impressed with the bag
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both the durability, kind of how robust it felt, but also how spacious and lightweight it is. We've
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got loads of pockets here for everything you might need on the golf course, and he was really
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impressed with this package set as a whole. Joel, you've got nothing with you. Why is that
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That's because I'm going to talk about a bag that we haven't actually got with us. It's the TaylorMade RBZ Speedlight. Now, my colleague, Neil Tappan, has tested this set, I think it was last
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year, and he really was enamored with everything it offered. It's similar to the Callaway XR. It's
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like an entry point into the TaylorMade brand. And it sort of follows the name of the RBZ Speedlight
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Definitely the feedback we got from Neil and other people that tested it is that it's easy to swing fast
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very lightweight, easy launching. The driver in particular was very easy to get up in the air
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and the irons as well, they really excelled in terms of giving a nice, strong, powerful ball flight
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as well as some stopping power into greens. It's a 12-piece set, so you get a decent amount
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for your money, you know, it's the same amount of clubs you got from the Callaway at 400 pound less
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You get your 460cc driver, which is super forgiving. You get a fairway, the four hybrid
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six to nine iron and a couple of wedges. So everything you'd need to sort of hit those different distance gaps
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And you get a really nice mallet putter with the Pure Roll technology
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which from the testing I've done, testing quite a lot of putters down my years, definitely helps get the ball rolling early
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which for high handicappers and beginner golfers might just help them hole a few more putts
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And that concludes our look at the men's package sets. So the best ones you can buy in 2024
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And as I said, if you like any of the look of these, do check out the links in the description
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But now we're going to check out the best junior sets on the market. Right, so now we're going to talk about
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the best junior package sets. And I think junior golfers are probably even more likely
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than adults to start with a package set and then progress into something that's more suitable
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as their performance improves. And Joe and myself are both equally sort of qualified
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to talk about junior sets. As I mentioned earlier, we've both got young children who are sort of getting into the game
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and trying it for the first time. I mean, Jay, before we talk about some of the specific sets
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what are the things that parents in particular need to consider when it comes to investing in clubs for their children
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who are playing golf for the first time? Yeah, I think size and weight are pretty crucial
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I've done some fittings in my time where kids have developed some pretty bad habits
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from using kind of old, cut-down men's clubs that aren't weighted properly
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They might feel like you're getting to the right length, but they won't be balanced and weighted correctly. And you can develop some really bad habits and even injuries
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if you're using stuff that's too heavy for you from an early age. So fortunately nowadays, we've got these specific package sets for kids
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designed with their strength, their growth in mind. We've got all sorts of options here
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So what do you want to talk about first? Yeah, the first one I want to talk about is this Team Tailor-Made Junior set here
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I think you'll agree, the bag looks absolutely amazing. Really cool pattern
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I'd like that in an adult bag. Absolutely. I mean, if you ask them, they might be the sort one out of you
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But yeah, so this comes in, there's three different age range options and the price goes up as the number of clubs increases and the size increases as well
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So it's all developed around making sure you've got the right number of clubs and the right size of clubs as your child increases in age
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But this is the youngest of the three options available. I think it's £300
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You get four clubs, you get a high lofted fairy wood, a seven iron, a wedge and a putter
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The color scheme would suggest it probably more aimed at the boy in the family rather than the girl, you could say
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But other than that, loads to like about the set. The stand bag is really cool
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You've got this double strap system, which makes it really easy to carry. Again, that's something that could put kids off if you've got the luggy clubs around and it's uncomfortable to do that
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There's no such problem here. Loads of pockets and just a really really user set that my children have really enjoyed using So yeah team tailor Really sort of decent value option in the What my bag I just knocked your Shorty bag there I mean I presume that the one you going to tell us about now Here what I going to tell you about Originally
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when I knew we were learning about junior package sets, as my boss, you put your foot down and you
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pinch the tailor-made one. So I thought I was getting done, but I spoke to Shorty's Golf and
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I've absolutely loved this. We've got my two girls, the same set. They come in two colour options
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Sorry, that's a lie. They come in three color options, but obviously we had two for the two girls
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We've got the red, the blue, and there's also a gray. And everything about these
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I was so surprised with the quality, the build quality, the little touches like the leather head covers
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The bag is just outrageous. If you've seen it, it's so sturdy. We've got so many pockets
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We've got little valuables pockets. What kids have valuables? I don't know, but my little girls avoid putting shells in here
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from the beach. There's just so many little things to go through here. It's a really high quality set
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Got a really nice driver. again like I said under this sort of premium looking leather head cover I've got hybrid seven
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iron pitching wedge and a little putter it's all on theme so in the blue bag we've got blue shafts
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and blue grips it's super cohesive I know that's not a huge performance feature but it matters to
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the kids and they really do care about it so I was really chuffed with these I know my little
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girls are chuffed with these and it's got them the start they needed in golf so what have you got
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for me so this is a much more cost effective option just comes in at 100 pounds so you get
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Same amount of clubs as the TaylorMade, much cheaper. Probably doesn't look as good as the TaylorMade stuff
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It comes with a 14 degree driver. You've got a 7.999 and then you've got this beautiful putter
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I was eyeing that up. That's got a full old Ping B60 shape. Exactly
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And you'll see there's a little kind of white and black contrasting bit at the back here, which just definitely helps with alignment
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There's some grooves on the face and I think a semi-putter specific grip as well
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So yeah, putter definitely stand out club in this set. I do think the stand bag is a standout sort of part
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of this set. It's feature packed, five pockets. I think you've got a drinks holder there
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You've got a little glove, Velcro tab. You can put your glove on. Double strap system
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Really lightweight. Five way top. Which is interesting because obviously it only comes
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with four clubs, but the fact that it's a five way top means you can add clubs to it
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So if you maybe get some clubs from someone else or you want to add more clubs to the set
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you've got room to do that in the bag. So that sort of helps with the longevity of this set
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but for 99 pounds, I do think you get a lot for your money with this Ram set. This is the Innocis Baby's Golf
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Little pun there, little bee on the bag there. And it's really cool, it's just fun. So this is obviously, when we're talking size comparison
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this is obviously for the little tweenies amongst us. We've got two clubs in there. This is super entry level for the shorter
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vertically challenged children in your family, or just younger, before they've grown probably
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So we've got a nine iron and a putter, and it's just really fun. I'm not going to bore you with any technical specifications here
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because there isn't any really. It's pretty basic, but it's perfect for just trying to hook them really, really young
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And they're utilizing the little cartoony, a bit of fun element. We've got the bee honeycomb on the bag
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It's just really, really cool. And it's all carried through into the shaft, the black and yellow, and the little putter
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I mean, it's very light, but it's very cool, isn't it? Yeah, I love it, yeah. I could see a little extended version of that
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The grip's super thin, as you'd imagine, because you're going to have tiny little hands on this. But yeah, for an introduction to someone for golf
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who's super young and for like, imagine getting this on Christmas morning
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when you're Tweenie. I think this is great, I really, really like this Inesis
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So look, that concludes our look at the best package sets you can buy in 2024
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But you know, if you are looking to get into golf for the first time, or you're a parent looking to get your kids
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into golf for the first time, hopefully you've seen something you like. As I mentioned at the start of the video
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There are some links in the description if you wanna get your hands on any of these sets
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for the best price in your area. Hopefully you can use those links to find the product that's right for you or your child
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But that's all from us here from the beautiful Stoke Park Golf Club
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