Lag Shot Junior Review: The $89 Club My Kid Uses

I bought my kid three training aids last year. The alignment sticks are in the garage. The putting mirror is under his bed. The Lag Shot Junior is the only one he picks up without being told.

He is 11. He has been playing for three years. His swing was fine until this season, when he grew three inches and suddenly could not stop rushing his transition. Every swing was a race to the finish line. The ball went nowhere. He was frustrated, and I was out of ideas.

So I bought the Lag Shot Junior. It cost $89 on the Lag Shot site and looked exactly like the adult version I had seen in a hundred Facebook ads. Blue shaft. Black clubhead. Sized for a kid.

What It Is

The Lag Shot Junior is a 7-iron with a hyper-flexible shaft and a weighted clubhead, built specifically for junior golfers. Lag Shot makes four junior size variants: ages 4-8 ($89, with 24- to 28-inch club options), ages 6-8 ($89), ages 9-11 (around $89-$99 on Amazon), and ages 12-15 ($89 on the Lag Shot site). The exact length and weight scale up with each age band.

Do not confuse this with a toy. It has the same loft, lie, and construction as a real 7-iron, just shorter and lighter. The flexible shaft is the whole point. You cannot muscle a whippy shaft. You have to sequence properly and let the clubhead lag behind your hands. Rush the transition, and the shaft wobbles and the shot is garbage. Swing smoothly, and the club loads, the contact compresses, and the ball flies.

Every purchase includes 10 instructional videos from Adam Bazalgette, a three-time PGA Teacher of the Year. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee. Like the adult version, there is a catch: you pay return shipping and they deduct the original shipping cost from your refund. Worth knowing.

The First Session

I took him to the range on a Saturday morning. He was excited because the club looks cool. That lasted about five swings.

The first five balls were a disaster. Two chunks, one thin screamer, and two slices that would have hit the parking lot if the net had not been there. The flexible shaft exposed every tempo flaw he had developed during his growth spurt. His old habit of snatching the club from the top, which his stiff-shafted junior irons could mostly absorb, was completely unworkable.

So he did what the adult Lag Shot reviews all recommend. He started hitting half swings. Small, controlled pitches. Fifty yards, maybe. After about twenty minutes, something changed. He hit one clean. Then another. Then four in a row. The ball sounded different. Compressed.

He switched to his regular 7-iron and the first swing was noticeably better. Higher. Straighter. He looked at me and said, “That felt easy.” I have never heard him describe a golf swing as easy.

What Real Users Say

The Lag Shot Junior has about 11 reviews on the brand site averaging 4.9 out of 5. Small sample, but the sentiment matches what you hear about the adult version. Independent reviewers on MyGolfSpy called the adult Lag Shot “a hittable Orange Whip” and noted that after a few sessions, their regular 7-iron produced atypically good range shots. Practical Golf highlighted that it works with your swing, not against it, which applies equally to the junior version.

The parent reviews on the Lag Shot site are specific. One mom said her son went “from missing half his shots to hitting the ball clean and straight in just a few weeks.” Another called it “lightweight, fun, and actually helps my daughter swing better.” A PGA instructor reviewer said they recommend it to all young beginners.

The brand site also runs the same “just 12 swings” marketing as the adult version. That is nonsense. It took my kid twenty minutes to hit one good shot, and he is still working on consistency three weeks in. The Lag Shot is a tool. It works. It is not a magic wand.

The Comparison Question

The adult Orange Whip costs $119-$129 and is great for tempo. You cannot hit balls with it. The SKLZ Gold Flex is $49-$69 and works for warm-ups. Neither is junior-specific. A kid swinging an adult Orange Whip looks like they are holding a fishing rod meant for someone twice their size.

The Lag Shot Junior wins on one thing that matters more than any spec: it puts a clubhead on a ball. The feedback from contact is immediate and cannot be faked. A kid can feel the difference between a good swing and a bad one in real time.

Who It Is For

Buy this if your junior golfer is 8-15, rushes their transition, casts the club, or has developed tempo problems during a growth spurt. Buy this if you have bought training aids that sit in the garage. Buy this if your kid actually likes going to the range and just needs a tool that makes practice productive instead of boring.

Skip it if your kid is under 8. At that age, they need fun and fundamentals, not structured swing training. Wait until they can make consistent contact with a regular club. Skip it if your junior already has smooth tempo and clean ball striking. Spend that money on greens fees.

The Verdict

The Lag Shot Junior is $89, about the price of two junior green fees. It will not replace lessons. It will not fix a slice by itself. What it will do is give your kid something a dozen range sessions and three YouTube videos cannot: a physical feel for what a well-sequenced swing actually is.

Three weeks in, my son still grabs it before every range session. He warms up with ten Lag Shot swings, then switches to his regular 7-iron. The transfer is not perfect every time. Some days are better than others. But his tempo is smoother, his contact is better, and he has stopped trying to murder the ball from the top.

If you have a junior golfer who is growing faster than their swing can keep up with, this is the one training aid worth buying. Everything else can stay in the garage.

Where to Buy

• Lag Shot Junior 7-Iron $89-$109 at Amazon
• Lag Shot Junior on Amazon prices vary by age variant

Prices updated July 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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