My advice is to start with a complete set. Go to Dick's and buy one of those $200 "14-clubs-and-a-bag-and-tees-and-everything-else-you-need" sets. The clubs will be somewhat crappy. BUT, you will have everything you need to play a round, and it is cheap, and you'll suck so bad the clubs won't make a difference.

Play for a year. DON'T BUY ANYTHING ELSE.

Then, after you play for a year, you will have some idea of what you like, and you can start replacing clubs piecemeal. Get a blingy driver, a fancy putter, add a gap or lob wedge, replace your irons, etc. But the important part is, now you will have a little experience and some idea of what kinds of clubs you like, rather than just what fancy doo-dad the salesman was hawking that day, or what was on the cover of Golf Illustrated. Also, if you decide you don't like golf, you are only out $200.


This is the approach I took. My parents initially got me the cheapo set, and, snob that I am, I didn't like them. But I realized after a while that the clubs certainly weren't holding me back. I actually just replaced the last clubs from that set (the irons) a couple months ago, so I now have none of the originals left, or the bag, or anything else. But it was a cheap way to start playing.

 

one other thing.. golf is not for the cheap.. haha..


it can get expensive really fast. Green fees for the cheapest public courses around here during prime time is $50 min. I try to save money as much as possible by playing twilight or during the weekdays.. i also try saving money on things like tees and balls. You dont need pro v1 balls to get distance so get decent balls but nothing too expensive and shop online. TGW.com and golfsmith.com have sections with clearance items that have balls, tees, clubs for cheap so check them out.

and remember keep your head down! gl

 

i use a set of mizuno mx-20s that i bought on ebay 5 years ago-ish for about $300 and they are perfect. forged, so they feel incredible, but cavity backed and slightly oversized for the average player. mizuno mp wedges at 60 and 56 degrees, and a cleveland sand wedge at 52 degrees. callaway driver, 3, and 5 wood. all work great for me. i also watched a series of videos called "How to hit the ball as straight as you can point" by...i can't remember. good set though. good luck, and eat some spinach

from what i have heard, more tour players use mizuno irons than anything else

 

I agree 1000%. The clubs most people above are suggesting can run you $2000 for a whole set after all is said and done. If you have that kinda money I say go for it but the last thing you want is to drop 2 G's and find out golf is not your "cup o' tea".

Golf is certainly not cheap so be ready to drop some serious money. $35-120/round adds up pretty quickly, and golf is not the kind of sport where you can show up every 6 weeks and become Tiger Woods.

 

I just got home from the driving range.

I would say out of 1 full bucket, I hit about 10 - 15 good straight shots. The other 30 or 40 so were not good. I need some work, but ill be back there. I went with a friend and used his clubs from high school until I buy my own.

 

15 out of 60 is actually not bad and obviously the more you practice the higher that number will get