Drake & Birdie vs Young Birdie: Which Toddler Golf Setup Fits? (2026)

If you have been shopping for toddler golf gear, you have probably seen both of us. Young Birdie and Drake & Birdie are two of the small handful of brands building equipment specifically for children under five, and the similar names do not help.

We would rather lay it out plainly than pretend we are the obvious answer for every family. Here is what each brand actually makes, what each one costs, and the specific situations where theirs is the better buy.

Specs and prices below were checked in October 2026 from Young Birdie's own product pages. Both brands run sales and restock, so confirm current pricing and availability before you buy.

Who Young Birdie Is

Young Birdie is a toddler golf brand selling bags and club sets for ages 2 to 6. Their bags come as named colorways — Fairway Forest, Little Coast, The Sandlot, Little Pink Birdie — in Dura-Ballistic Nylon, at $129 each. Their four-club set lists at $199, and a complete bundle of set plus bag at $249.

They are a genuine toddler brand, not a junior company stretching down. That already puts them in a very short list: most of what you will find labelled "kids golf" starts at 39 inches tall or higher and simply does not fit a two or three-year-old.

The One Number That Decides It: Height

As with every sizing question in toddler golf, the child's height decides more than anything else on the page.

Three inches at the bottom and two at the top sounds like nothing until you measure an actual toddler. Most two-year-olds fall between 32 and 35 inches. A 31-inch two-year-old is below Young Birdie's floor; so is a smaller three-year-old. At the other end, a tall five-year-old at 44 inches is past their stated ceiling but still inside ours.

If your child sits comfortably inside 33 to 43 inches, both brands fit and the rest of this page is about everything else. If they are under 33 or over 43, the decision is already made.

The Bags

This is where the two brands diverge most, and it is not mainly about price.

Two honest observations about that table.

The first is that Young Birdie publishes fewer numbers than we do. Their pages describe the bags as lightweight and do not give a weight, a height, or a divider count. That is not a criticism of the bags — it may well be a light, well-made bag. It does mean that if you want to size by the numbers, you will have to ask them.

The second is the stand. Nothing on their bag pages describes one, and ours is the feature we would defend hardest at this age. A toddler who can set their own bag down and pick it back up carries it themselves for a whole practice session. A bag that has to be laid flat gets handed to a parent by the second hole. If you want the long version of why, our toddler stand bag guide works through all five specs.

The Club Sets

The lengths are remarkably close. Half an inch on the driver, half an inch on the putter, identical on the iron. Two brands sizing independently for the same children arrived at nearly the same numbers, which is a decent sign that both got the geometry right.

A word on shafts, since the table puts them side by side. Ours are lightweight fiberglass; theirs are carbon fiber. Both are composites, and both are far lighter than the steel used in most junior clubs — which is the comparison that matters, because Young Birdie's claim of running up to 40% lighter than traditional junior sets is a comparison against steel, not against us. Between fiberglass and carbon at 25 inches and a toddler's swing speed, the difference is small enough that we would not tell you to choose on it. Carbon is lighter for a given stiffness; fiberglass tends to shrug off being dragged across a cart path. Decide on the other specs.

The real difference is the fourth club, and for certain children that genuinely favours Young Birdie.

Where Young Birdie Is the Better Buy

Two situations, and we mean these.

Your child is four or five and ready for a wedge. Our set is three clubs on purpose — a driver, a 7-iron and a putter cover tee to green for a toddler, and a fourth club is weight in a bag they have to carry. But a five-year-old who has been playing for two seasons and is starting to notice short shots will get real use out of a wedge, and Young Birdie includes one at 24 inches. We do not sell a toddler wedge at all.

Your child is closer to six than two. Their range runs to age 6 and includes a wedge; ours stops at 5 and three clubs. A child who is already five and a half, playing real holes and starting to care about short shots, is at the top of our range and in the middle of theirs. That is their customer more than ours.

Where Drake & Birdie Is the Better Buy

You want a stand. Ours deploys automatically when the bag is set down and folds when it is lifted — the thing that lets a three-year-old manage their own bag without an adult crouching down every hole. Nothing on Young Birdie's bag pages describes one.

You want the numbers before you buy. We publish bag height, empty weight, divider count, and every club length, because sizing a toddler is arithmetic. If a spec matters to you and a brand does not list it, ask before you order — including us.

The budget is the constraint. This is the biggest gap on the page, and it is worth seeing as totals rather than line items.

What It Actually Costs

That last row is worth sitting with, because it is a difference in philosophy rather than price. We think most families should start with one club. A two-year-old needs a putter and nothing else, and buying a four-club set for a child who will use one of them is how a $200 purchase ends up in a closet. If you want to start small and add later, we sell the pieces separately. If you would rather buy once and be done, their bundle is a reasonable way to do that.

The Honest Verdict

Young Birdie is a real toddler golf brand doing real work, and in a category this thin that is worth saying out loud. If your child is between 33 and 43 inches, wants a wedge, and you like one of their designs, buy from them with confidence. We would rather a child play golf on their gear than not play at all.

Choose us when your child is outside 33 to 43 inches, when you want a working stand, when you want the specs published before you spend, or when you want to start with one club and build from there.

And if you are still not sure, measure first. Stand your child against a wall in socks, mark the top of their head, and measure to the floor. That number settles more of this than any comparison table will — ours included. Our full size guide takes it from there.

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