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I am a 22 years old a complete beginner at golf. I played one round of 18 holes when I was 17 and my second round a couple days ago. I also have gone to the driving range probably once a year in between. I really love it and want to get my own set of clubs. I just got a little money from graduating college and don’t know what my next step should be. Some people say that I should just buy a cheap set and start off with those. The problem is in under 2 year I will be working for a top-tier company and know I will be going golfing with very rich prestigious people and I don’t think I could use a set of sports authority clubs. Any advice would be great. I have about $300 to spend at the moment.

A few suggestions:

-More than how you play is your behaviour on the course. Be very knowledgable with golf course etiquette.
-Dress appropriately on the course. Tuck your shirt in, and take you damn hat off when you walk into a room. Nothing says "I’m a total rube with no manners" better than someone wearing a hat indoors or worse, at a table eating and/or drinking.
-Nobody cares about what brand of clubs you use. Just have a decent looking bag (no rips, tears, or inappropriate logos) with headcovers for your clubs, along with the appropriate accessories (balls- enough to finish a round, tees, divot repair tool, gloves, ballmark(s), etc.). Have a sharpie pen to put a mark on your ball (you can buy mini ones for a dollar or two, and they fit in your bag).
-It’s not the clubs, it’s the person using them that matters. If you have cheap clubs but know the rules, have good etiquette, dress appropriately, and play at good pace…that, above all else, matters. You don’t need some pro bag with top-line clubs; that says to me you’re trying too hard and that all of your effort was in buying clubs and not how to use them.
-Know your yardages for your clubs.
-Have your bag equipped for wet weather if you live in an area that sees any kind of rain. This would include a golf umbrella, a cover for your bag, and some kind of rain jacket. Not having this says to me "I’m not prepared."
-Understand and improve your pace of play. Knowing how far you hit each club is important.
-Learn the rules. Play by them. Show me someone who cheats on a golf course, and I’ll show you someone who cheats, lies, and steals in life.
-They can teach monkeys how to play golf. What can’t be taught is character, morality, and to a lesser degree, etiquette.
-There are numerous books devoted to golf etiquette; spend a few modest dollars on one, or check one out from a library.

It took my boyfrined and I two hours to play six holes. Hahaha!
Well that is..when we weren’t making donuts in the sand with the carts
Wow…such hostility..
We didn’t really made donuts in the sand…BUT we did golf and I did do really bad. I try to keep my left arm straight but..ya know..I’m a girl. So that’s kinda hard to do. I just want to know how to get the ball up in the air instead of "burning the grass" everytime. Any advice for that?

Whoa…Donuts in the bunkers with the Carts!!! Ha-Ha I bet the Grounds Crew loved you guys… Anyway I find that when women are playing with men, The worst thing they can do is try to kill the ball. Skip that and just try and get the ball into play. Don’t feel you have to use a driver off the tee just because he does.. use the club you control best. Maybe your 7 iron. Next get your self to the Ben Sutton golf school in Tampa Fla.,,Good Luck,See you on the Links.

ok i will be in high school next year and i really want to be on one of these two teams, can anybody give me some advice on which one to try out for or what to do to get on one of the teams? Anything is helpful, thanks!

dance team. I am on the dance team at my high school and I love it. It is so much fun and the people on my team are amazingly supportive.

I like to play different courses but I would like some advice and a little knowledge of how different holes play before I play them. I play alot in Inland Empire and San Diego county. Thanks.

Well, what I normally do is just google search to find the course’s website. Then on the website the courses will usually have a copy of their scorecard which has your distances. Then many websites have like a photo gallery or a virtual tour type deal where you can actually see the course. Or at golfonline.com you can find out about a course and search for them too. They have pretty much every course on their.

I live in Alabama so the focus here is on football. I would love to get more women and girls involved in the sport. What would you ladies look for when trying to decide where to play golf or purchase a golf membership? Guys what do you think can be done to get more women into golf since it can provide a lifetime of enjoyment? Thanks to all real and thoughtful answers!

I have worked in golf much of my life, and worked a lot with juniors. The way I see it, women (and girls) want to play golf, but they don’t want to be the only female there. Especially at the junior level. We would see boys come down to the club, on their own, knowing there would be other boys to play with when they got there. But the girls would not come down on their own, for fear of there being no other girls to play with. And thus it is a self fulfilling prophecy.

One of my (female) students in Vancouver came up with a great idea, and it has really taken off. It is essentially a ‘virtual" golf club for women, that centres on a website (http://www.golfforegals.com/) where women can register for women-only events at a variety of golf courses. They go to the event knowing they won’t get paired up with 3 male truck drivers (no offence to truck drivers of course) when they play. If you check out the Golf Fore Gals website you may get some more ideas. Hope this helps.

i got 13 clubs and im thinking about adding a lob wedge, and im a mid handicap golfer and i golf at least 3 times a weak.. whats ur advice

A lob wedge is a good idea. Most of your scoring is around the greens, this will help with your distance control.

I have highschool golf tryouts tomorrow. Any advice at all is apprieciated. Thanks.

don’t do anything stupid. Punch out when needed. Always lay up.

I’m 14 and i just started playing golf earlier this year and just recently brought my own clubs. I never played on a course but soon intending too. I go to the range 1-2 times a week for 2 hours and work on anything from driving, putting, sand wedge, and even chipping. I’ll admit i am not super good. I am accurate though, i shoot the 3 wood around 180 yards, sometimes farther. I am a good putter yet my short game, chipping and sanding, is okay. I want to try out for the highschool golf team next year as a sophmore instead of this year as a freshman so i can get some practicing in for a full year. Does anyone have any advice on what i should do to prepare and what not? Thanks

Just try out for the team this year. You’ll gain so much experience and become a lot better player in a much shorter amount of time!

I’m in the market to get my boyfriend a new set of golf clubs but I have no idea what qualities I have to look for. Any advice? And are there any websites that would be useful to buy and/or information?
I’m in the market to get my boyfriend a new set of golf clubs but I have no idea what qualities I have to look for. Any advice? And are there any websites that would be useful to buy and/or information?

*I would prefer for it to be a surprise*

Why not surprise him? Take him out for lunch then stop by Sports Authority or a similar store and have him pick out his own? Does he know you are doing this? If not, it would knock his socks off.

some guys get all the luck…..