Golf: Golf beginner - where to start and what do I need?
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I've been thinking about taking up golf over the last couple of years. Other than going to the driving range and making an ass of myself with my friends or playing mini golf, I am new to the game. I know the rules, terminology, just need to learn how to develop and refine my swing.
And I also need to know what kind of equipment I need.
Also, what is the best way to get decent discounts on green fees?
I think the first thing you need to do is get your head examined...
Just kidding....I can't play the game...had a hard time keeping the 12 pack hidden in the golf bag...everyone got pissed because I shot a 74.... then went on to the 4 th. tee. Then I got in trouble for drawing faces and stuff on the golf balls with a black sharpee marker and using those trick balls that expode when you hit them.
In my opinion..(which is held in high esteem here on the forum) rent the equipment first then see if you like doing it before you buy. I see a lot of used equipment at yard sales in the summer time I have a set down in the basement that needs to be in a yard sale... you can probably pick up a set that someone got tired of after a game or two.
OH YEAH....welcome to the forum...we have a great time here and joke around a bit.
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Edited by MIKE on 28 January 2009 at 20:27
By far the best thing to do is get two or more private lessons from two or more DIFFERENT instructors. You will progress 50 times faster than any other way. They will guide you in all aspects, including clubs. Best to do it on a slow day. Then shoot a few buckets at a driving range. You'll probably not be able to lift your arms to shave the next day from soreness. Absolutely amazing how it hurts. Then play a round with a serious player, using all you've learned. You'll probably shoot around 105, seriously. Good luck. Remember the grip and prepare for the slice. Oh, and motion over the drink cart towards the end. A bloody mary works pretty good around 16. It's best to play on an all-male course. No gambling, now.
I'm so old, my great-grandfather was born in 1800. True! My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
If you play on an "all male course" does that mean you can't get a HOLE IN ONE ????
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT WOMAN.. A NYMPHOMANIAC WHO OWNS A LIQUOR STORE..(.Y.)..
Michael welcome cant help you with discounts. Whatever you buy you will be tempted to upgrade your equipment in the near future as this and that manufacturer will tell you long accurate balls are so easy with such and such. Do not believe a word of it, it is all down to you.In the UK we have a golfing crisis too many courses too few players. Within 1.5 miles of my house we have three eighteen hole golf courses. You can tee off on one hole and a few yards away is a tee for the another course.
You do not even require a handicap to join they are so desperate for members.
The car is more important than the driver 70% car 30% driver
Hmf... For a beginner, you need to familiarize first on the equipment you will use. It is better to borrow first and see which is the most compatible to you. It would be better if you do games with different equipments and see which one works for you best. But of course, it all ends to you. Practice makes perfect...
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