Decathlon kids golf set vs WOOW: which first set to buy?

Search for a children's golf set in the Netherlands or Belgium and Decathlon comes up early. It is nearby, it is affordable, and you can hold the clubs before you pay. WOOW is an Antwerp brand making one thing: a first set for children between roughly 85 and 110 cm, which is most three to five year olds.

Disclosure: WOOW makes and sells one of the two options discussed here, so treat this as a list of the right questions rather than a verdict. We do not make claims about another retailer's current products. Check the specifications on Decathlon's golf pages and on our own product pages before you order, because ranges change every season. Details on this page were last reviewed in September 2026.

The short version

• A large sports retailer gives you a low price, a shop you can walk into, and a set that is easy to exchange.
• WOOW is a specialist first set: three clubs with published weights, a bag a small child carries, and colours and characters aimed at children.
• If you want to find out whether your child enjoys golf at all for the lowest possible amount, the cheapest light set is a sensible start.
• If they already enjoy it and you want equipment that supports a proper swing, weight is the thing to compare.

A five minute check you can do in store

Start with height, not age

Whichever set you look at, choose on height. Junior programmes run by the Royal Belgian Golf Federation and the Dutch golf federation NGF group children by size and stage rather than by birthday, and equipment should follow the same logic. Measure your child against a wall, shoes off, before comparing anything else. Our golf club size guide for children gives the height bands and the one minute measurement.

Pick up and weigh each club

The most important number, and the one least often printed on a box. Children under 110 cm swing slowly. A heavy head drags them off balance and they start pulling the club with their arms instead of turning their body, which is the habit that stays.

WOOW publishes every weight: driver 210 g, putter 250 g, iron 7 270 g. If a set does not list weights, weigh it on a kitchen scale at home. Anything that feels heavy in your hand will feel far heavier in theirs. The reasoning behind our numbers is in how we choose the weight of every club.

Check what the clubhead is made of

Kids clubs are sold with plastic heads and with metal heads, and both have a place. A moulded plastic head is very light and fine for indoor play. A metal head with a proper loft is designed to get a real ball in the air at a slow swing speed, which is what usually keeps a child coming back. Check the product description for the material and for whether the set is sold as a toy or as sports equipment, because that tells you what it is built for.

Load the bag

Check whether your child can carry it themselves when it is loaded. That, more than the clubs, is what makes a three year old feel like a golfer.

Ask about the next size and returns

Ask what the next size is, then check the return window. Children grow at different rates, so a clear height range is more useful than a promised number of months. WOOW ships from Belgium with 14 days to return, while a physical store lets you walk the set back in, which is genuinely convenient.

Where a large sports retailer has the advantage

• A lower entry price on a starter set.
• You can pick the set up and look at it before buying.
• A shop in most cities for returns and exchanges.
• A wide range beyond golf, so one trip can cover the balls, the glove and the shoes.

Where WOOW is different

• We publish the weight of every club, and the set was designed around those weights.
• Three clubs chosen for a beginner rather than a scaled down adult bag.
• Design made for children: colour, character and a bag they want to carry.
• Shipped from inside the EU, with EU returns and support in your own language.

Our recommendation

Trying golf for a few sunny afternoons? Buy the cheapest thing that is genuinely light and go and play. That is a good decision.

Playing weekly, or hoping they will? Choose on weight and on whether the ball actually gets in the air, and let the rest of the box follow. Our club sets for ages 3 to 5 exist for that second group.