If you haven’t ever been able to buy golf equipment in the past, a trip to the local pro shop can be intimidating. There are just so many kinds of products and services on the market: balls, golf tees, shirts, shoes, golf clubs, training, drivers, putters, wedges, and woods. We can even take it a step further and try to decide where you should golf (private or public) and how you learn how to play.

Here’s a common yet basic question you can answer to make your job a little easier: how often do you think you’ll be playing the game in a given month or week? What are your plans long term? A hobby? Just putzing around? If you’d like to learn the game, then this is the right spot for you. Golf can be an expensive hobby. Golf equipment is expensive when you add it all up, but it doesn’t have to be.

Of course if you have an unending supply of money, then you’d already be at the nearest pro golf shop with the latest in attire and quality equipment. But that’s not why you meandered here.

So, now you’ve determined that you want to play this game a couple times a week when the weather’s good. The first piece of advice we can give is, don’t go overboard with golf equipment when you’re first starting out. If you’ve never played golf before, buying the latest Tiger Woods or Arnold Palmer or Jim Furyk designer golf gear will be very costly. You could end up being like Mark Twain who said, “Golf is just a long walk ruined.

You need to actually play the game a few times to see if you have “the bug” or not. Ask those who play golf regularly when they got the bug. When you get the bug, that’s the time to seek out quality golf equipment. Trust us on that.

Our next piece of advice is to get a few necessary items: a few balls, a few golf tees, a driver, and a putter. You don’t need the shoes, shirts, gloves, or anything else.

The next thing we suggest is that you find the best instructor you can afford and take a few lessons before you consider purchasing anything else. I know it doesn’t fit into the golf equipment category, but in order to play the game well, you need good instruction (asking your buddies to teach you can get tedious for you and for them. And if you want to keep them as buddies…). And why not surprise them the next time you play a round with them!

There you have it, buying golf equipment. Pretty straight forward. The next post will talk about how to find good golf equipment (and less than what you might think).

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