Yet another set of tips from Chris Meadows of CNN. I will add my own insight to just one question, and you can read the other questions in the full article.

Hi Chris, My son is five years old and is beginning to show signs of wanting to play golf — he’s always picking up my clubs and swinging them. I recently took him around my home course and he just loved it. What is the ideal age to start playing and should I teach him?

I think I got my first set of clubs at about that same age. I remember my dad and uncle buying a complete kid’s set and dividing it between my cousin and me. We frequently would go to the driving ranges together or hit wiffle balls our backyards.

Starting at such a young age is great because you get a tremendous jumpstart on learning the muscle memory of a proper swing. Even though I didn’t play any golf during my middle school and junior high days… the club still felt familiar when I picked it back up in high school.