But remember to respect the golfers still on the course. It's an opportunity to bring their club, bring a tennis ball, let them hit a few shots. But don't be surprised if they want to go play in the sand trap as a sandbox, run around the green or go over and see if there are any frogs or fish in the water. One of the best places to start your child out is the practice green. It's free, you can decide how long you want to spend there and you can begin to teach the child about taking care of the golf course that you wouldn't slam a golf club down on the green, for example.
Youngsters enjoy trying to putt, chipping, beginning to see what that's like.
Because their muscles are maturing, they're beginning to have fine muscle control, so they can see the results of this practice. And he had a putter that Bobby Jones had given to him, and he cut that off and gave it to Ben. And we loved to get out on the putting green and putt so much a hole for aces, and so Ben got involved with us on that and pretty soon Ben got to beating all of us with that little old Calamity Jane.