New to Golf

Get instruction. Meaning multiple lessons from a good teaching pro. Maybe invest in a Smart Ball from Tour Striker.

My condolences. Depending on your age you’re in for decades of misery punctuated by hope when you hit it perfect.

Been playing for over 50 years now, so hope truly does spring eternal.

Get the lessons, get a blade putter and practice with it. If you can make putts with it, the face balanced putters will make putting seem easy.

1) Get a lesson plan, like 10 lesson plan. It is a pricey
investment, but it'll be worth it, trust me.
2) Get a sandwedge-56deg.
3) Work from green back to towards the tee box, slowly. Like putting and chipping for a while from 20 yards out then go to 50, then 100 and so on.
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What else do I need to get some good practice in? I’ve heard people say approach and sand wedges, are those the same as 52-60 degree wedges?

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Get you a 56 for around the green. It's worth getting used to as you're starting out instead of chipping with a pitching edge.

I'd recommend probably a 3 hybrid as well. No sense in getting a 3 or 5 wood right now. A hybrid is going to be your friend early on. It's a very forgiving club that will give you some decent distance.

If you want to just have fun, go do whatever you want.

If you want to be good. Only putt and chip for the first handful of months practice, then start working in wedges up to 7iron at the range. Then play par 3 courses. Buy a driver after like 9 months if you still enjoy it and because it’s fun. I really don’t think having a driver drastically improves my scores

Fun fact you can play full length courses without a driver too. When I started golf I could not fathom how to hit driver. It’s a different swing, different ball position, etc. it made no sense to me. I probably played the first 1-2 years of my golfing “career” with my longest club being a 5 iron. Hit it every tee (wasn’t a great golfer but was funny to see people reaction when my crappy golf game pured my 5 iron every hole down the middle like some Moe Norman savant BS).

Hell the irony is even now, I could play a round with only a 7 iron and shoot my normal score (I’ve done it) cuz it’s just easier to be consistent and less to think about.

So don’t worry about the equipment. That becomes fun to collect if you enjoy it. Like Tiger says, you learn at the green and work your way back over time.