My nine-year-old daughter is small, but she’s a good golfer. She can repeat a swing, find the center of the face but still come up short because physics wins more often than she does. Before switching to PING’s Prodi G driver, her well-struck shots carried about 125 yards. When she first swung the Prodi G, the ball carried 150. Same swing. Same kid. Twenty percent farther.

Her first comment while still holding her finish was: “That felt different.”

That’s because it was different. This isn’t really a story about one swing or an extra 25 yards. It’s about how we got here and why what PING did with Prodi G matters to anyone who cares about the future of golf.

Junior golf has spent decades in the wrong conversation

Junior clubs have always come from a scaled-down mindset: “How do we shrink adult equipment?”

Lighten it.
Shorten it.
Soften it.

I spent more than a decade teaching junior golf and I saw the same pattern every season. Kids had a hard time finding equipment that worked for their game. Some learned to compensate, others quit the game.

PING didn’t want to shrink anything. They wanted equipment that lets a kid experience real golf ball flight, real control and real yardages without fighting the club.

Instead of adapting equipment to kids, they started with what kids actually need.

What PING learned when they started with kids instead of compromises

To build Prodi G properly, PING had to start from scratch because junior golf doesn’t have much data to rely on. There was no established database of how kids deliver the club, how swing speed develops at different ages or how height and strength actually translate into equipment needs. Juniors grow at wildly different rates and the industry has never truly accounted for that.

When I spoke with Marty Jertson, PING’s VP of Fitting and Performance, he said this was why they had to rebuild the entire category from the ground up. Instead of guessing, they went to the range and gathered data:

And once they began analyzing those swings, they found:

Kids don’t always benefit from ultra-light heads: a touch more head mass helped many juniors deliver the club more consistently and launch it higher. Timing improves when the shaft profile matches their speed: not the softest option, but the right bend profile. Lie angle matters as kids grow: small changes in posture and arm length dramatically influence turf interaction and face control. Aerodynamics matter for juniors, too: Turbulators and Dragonfly Technology, the same features in PING’s adult lines help kids square the face, get extra distance and become consistent players. Loft progression is critical: Prodi G lofts were engineered to give juniors proper launch and spin instead of low, flat ball flight. Proper gapping builds confidence: Predictable yardages help juniors understand their game instead of guessing.

The technology story: A Tour-level mindset applied to junior golf

According to PING, every club in the Prodi G mirrors the design philosophy used in their adult product.

Metalwoods

The Prodi G driver features a 460cc titanium head with a machined, variable-thickness face. Turbulators improve aerodynamics and Dragonfly Technology helps position the CG for high launch and forgiveness.

Fairways and hybrids follow the same logic: fast faces, strategic CG placement, stability and launch.

Irons

PING used 17-4 stainless steel, elastomer inserts and perimeter weighting to create an iron that launches high, lands softly and produces consistent yardages. Lofts were engineered for predictable gapping.

Wedges

Borrowing from PING’s s159 line, Prodi G wedges give juniors real spin, real control and the ability to learn what a proper wedge shot feels like.

Putters

Two legit options: a classic Anser blade and the stable Tyne H mallet. Both are built from 17-4 stainless steel with the head weight kids need for consistent roll.

Shafts

PING built two graphite shaft profiles specifically for juniors.

Fitting: The tool that makes Prodi G make sense

PING saw that fitting was one of the biggest obstacles in junior golf, especially for parents who don’t play. So they built WebFit Junior, a two-minute tool that takes basic information (age, height, wrist-to-floor, driver distance, skill level) and delivers:

Set makeup Length and lie recommendations Loft guidance A gapping breakdown A yardage report kids can use on the course

When I talked with Jertson, he made it clear that PING isn’t done. They’re still collecting junior swing data, still refining how kids deliver the club, and continually updating the WebFit Junior engine so that recommendations get sharper as more swings come in. The goal is accuracy.

The system will continue to evolve and so will the clubs.

The cost question: Solved in a way no one else has addressed

Prodi G is a premium junior line and PING doesn’t apologize for that. However, they don’t make parents absorb the full cost of those inevitable growth spurts. With the Get Golf Growing program, any set of five or more clubs qualifies for a full one-time rebuild. The set goes through lengthening, re-shafting, re-weighting and re-gripping at no charge.

For most families, that’s two fitted sets for the price of one.

PING’s larger investment in junior golf

Prodi G isn’t a one-off product line. It’s part of a much bigger commitment PING has been making to junior golf for years. They’re an official partner of the PGA Jr. League, one of the largest and fastest-growing youth programs in the U.S.

And behind that, PING has built real junior-golf infrastructure: the Prodi G line itself, the Get Golf Growing program, the WebFit Junior fitting tool, and the ongoing engineering work that continues to shape both.

If you ask me, the program has already worked in our house.

Guess what kind of clubs my kids say they want to play when they grow up? That’s what happens when you stop treating juniors as a subcategory and start treating them as a generation worth investing in.

Final thoughts

Calling these the best junior golf clubs in the game is a strong claim but until I see something that proves me wrong, I’m standing by it.

My daughter said the Prodi G felt different. She was right.

Even Marty Jertson and I joked about borrowing our kids’ wedges — because they’re built well enough that any golfer would. And that’s really the point. Prodi G isn’t great “for junior clubs.” It’s great, period.

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