As a junior golfer, you needn\u2019t worry too much about your place on the leaderboard. You aren\u2019t going to lose your PGA Tour card or be relegated to the mini tours based on how you place in a junior event as a 12-year-old. <\/p>\n
\u201cEarly on it\u2019s about development, skill mastery, skill transfer, and creating the player for later on,\u201d Yarwood says. \u201cThat\u2019s really the key. Early success does not mean you\u2019re going to be a great player [later on].\u201d<\/p>\n
This mindset echos a similar sentiment held by the game\u2019s best player, Scottie Scheffler.<\/a> After winning the 2025 PGA Championship, he explained that one of the best things his long-time swing coach Randy Smith<\/a> taught him as a junior golfer was patience.<\/p>\n \u201cRandy always did a really good job of reminding me that it was a long journey to become good at golf,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t always the best player. I felt like I could be the best player. But I was a good junior player, a good amateur player, and I did a good job kind of rising up the ranks in professional golf. Randy was always by my side helping me stay patient and teaching me little things along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n If you want to truly be great, it\u2019s not about being the best golfer at the age of 12. At that age, it\u2019s much more important to develop the fundamentals and skills that you will lean on later on. <\/p>\n If you\u2019re a junior golf parent, remember this advice. Exercise patience and don\u2019t get too obsessed with results early on. If you do that, you\u2019ll do a much better job positioning you kid for success later on.<\/p>\n Tomo Ninja Kit Divot Tool<\/p>\n Not lethal, but not not lethal.<\/p>\n![\"Tomo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ShadowBlack.jpg\")
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