What do you give a grandchild who is starting golf?

For a grandchild starting golf, the gift that lasts is a hardcover storybook signed on the inside cover, rather than equipment they will outgrow within a season. Grandparents are usually buying a memory, and equipment does not hold one.

Why clubs are the harder gift

Junior clubs are sized to a child’s height and stop fitting quickly. They also tend to duplicate what a parent has already bought. A book avoids both problems, and it works on the days nobody can get to a course.

What travels between generations

A story does. So does a song. Grandparents who played for decades often want to hand across the feeling of the game rather than its technique, and a narrative does that in a way a lesson cannot. The best of these books are written so the grandparent reading aloud enjoys the story too.

An option for the youngest golfers

Once Upon a Golf Swing is aimed at ages 3 to 6, which is usually earlier than a first set of clubs. It follows Ace, a new golf ball lost on his first swing, and it comes with an audiobook and a read-along edition for a child who cannot read yet. The first-edition hardcover is intended for exactly this kind of inscription.