Hello. I’m Al, and I run Infinity Junior Golf.
I’m a father of two boys, now 17 and 12, and a lifelong golfer who rediscovered the game entirely through their eyes. Our weekends run on early tee times, arguments on the practice green, and more lost balls than I’m willing to count.
I trained and worked as a high school maths and science teacher. These days I’m at home with the boys full time, which means I have both the time to research this properly and a reason to care whether I get it right.
What I am, and what I’m not
This matters more than any credential I could list, so I’ll put it first.
I am not a PGA professional. I’m not a certified instructor, a college coach, or a club fitter. I don’t have a scratch handicap and our family swing is not a thing of beauty. Where a question genuinely needs a qualified coach — swing mechanics that aren’t working, a suspected injury, a serious recruitment decision — I’ll say so and point you toward someone who is one.
What I bring instead is a teacher’s habits. In a science classroom you can’t hand-wave. A student asks why, and you need an answer that survives the follow-up question. So when I write about whether a junior really needs a particular club, or what a tournament weekend actually costs a family, I find the primary source, I check who funded the claim, and I tell you plainly where the evidence runs out.
I’d rather write “the research here is thin, and here’s what we did instead” than dress a guess up as expertise. If you want the longer version of how that works in practice, it’s on the how we assess gear page.
Two boys, five years apart, most of the mistakes
Golf was a thread through my life long before I had children — the patience, the precision, the way it punishes a wandering mind. None of it compares to sharing the game with my kids.
Between them, my two boys have been through group clinics, private coaching, club competitions, and on to state and national championships here in Australia. I’ve watched the whole arc twice, from two very different starting points, five years apart.
That gap turned out to be the most useful thing about this site. I bought beginner equipment twice, years apart, for two children of different sizes, temperaments and levels of enthusiasm. What suited one was wrong for the other.
The first set I bought my eldest was too big, because someone told me he’d grow into it. That’s sensible advice for school shoes and no use at all for golf clubs. I couldn’t tell you the brand now. What I remember is a whole season of him fighting a club that was fighting back, and a swing that got longer and looser to compensate.
Second time round I measured properly and bought for the child in front of me rather than the one he’d be in two years. It cost more over time. It was worth it.
Where I am, and who this is for
I’m in Australia, and I write for parents everywhere. That’s deliberate, and it means being careful about what actually travels.
Equipment advice, coaching principles, the physical side of the game and the parenting parts nobody prepares you for are the same wherever you are. Competitive pathways, scholarship systems, retailers and seasons are not — and where that’s true I say so rather than assuming your situation matches mine.
I write in US English and quote prices in US dollars, because that’s the version most readers anywhere can follow without translating. Where something is only sold in one country, I’ll tell you.
Our season also runs opposite to most of our readers, which took some getting used to and has its advantages. We’re outdoors while a good part of the northern hemisphere is not.
Why the site exists
It came out of late-night searching — tournament calendars, endless arguments about club sizing, and the slow realisation that accessible, family-focused golf resources barely existed. I wanted something that simplified the complicated parts and gave parents real guidance rather than repackaged marketing copy.
It now covers beginner training, gear, tournaments, coaching, the college pathway and the parenting side of the sport. No question here is too small and no situation too niche — whether you’re handing a six-year-old their first club or getting a teenager ready for competitive play.
Away from the course
Most of my days are the ordinary stuff — school runs, meals, homework, and the specific chaos of a household with two children five years apart. I read widely on child development, mindset, coaching and fitness, and it feeds back into how I parent and how I write here.
Then there’s the guitar, which has been a constant for years. Like golf, it teaches that consistency and practice, done with some affection for the thing itself, tend to pay off.
Getting things wrong
I will occasionally be wrong. Products change, prices move, tournament rules get revised, and sometimes I’ll simply misread something.
If you spot a mistake, tell me at support@infinityjuniorgolf.com. I’d far rather correct it than defend it, and every article carries a review date so you can see when it was last checked.
If you’ve owned something I’ve written about and your experience doesn’t match what’s on the page, that’s the most useful mail I get. It’s worth more to the next parent than anything I can work out on my own.
Looking ahead
Every child deserves a fair shot at finding out whether they love this game, and every parent deserves enough confidence to help them get there without accidentally putting them off it.
Thanks for reading. I hope some of what’s here saves you a late-night search.