Quote Originally Posted by GreenDragon View Post
There's a public course at Dunham Recreation Center, very close to where I live. I've played there once. It's a 9 hole course, Par 26 I think.

I had a set that my cousin gave me. I stored them at my parents after my first and only use. He moved in with them (long story) and when he moved out, took the clubs he gave ME! He must've forgotten that he gave them to me.

I had an idea to put a set together piece-by-piece, as something strictly to learn with, from clubs I see all the time at the Goodwill my wife and I frequent.
Green,

I think I have played the Dunham course maybe once or twice. or at least driven by it long ago. If it is as you describe (and I think I remember) that would be a perfect place to spend your first few rounds of golf getting acquainted with the over all concept without feeling overwhelmed by the difficulty of a full sized course or the frustrations of being pushed to speed up by the "real playuhs", as they are wont to refer to themselves.

If possible I would try to get at least a matched set of irons and a matched set of woods, even borrowed, used or on clearence from a golf shop or sporting goods outlet (you can easily find them as a brand new set for under $200 including the woods, irons, putter, and bag) and as long as you are a standard size player these should stead you well for several years, or until you get the real bug and decide to get a set of formally fitted and built namebrand clubs.

The overal goal in my suggestions was to make it easier on you, the beginnier to have a positive experience with your first few rounds of golf, no matter how poorly you might play, while simultaneously allowing you to ease your way into the game financially before you decide to take a more costly plunge on equipment (not unlike kilts----try one that doesn't break your bank to see if you like it, and if you do then you can spring for your Tewksbury handsewn tank in custom run tartan ---yeah right).

Enjoy. It can be a frustrating game, but it all pays off when you hit a few of those epic absolutely perfect shots, then as you get better you start to string a few of those together to make an absolutely epic hole---a par, a birdie, maybe even an eagle.

jeff