As someone who was in the same situation a year ago, I agree with much of what is said here. One bit of additional advice, however, is to do some golf conditioning before you even start. A year ago, when I started, I thought all I needed to do was hit a bunch of balls at the driving range and then head out to the course to play. What I failed to realize was that I no longer had the body of a younger person such that it would readily adapt to the new stresses that I was going to subject it to. As a result I hurt my shoulder significantly enough such that I was put out of commission for golf for 6 months. Had I first done some basic conditioning specific to golf and warm-up prior to heading to the range, this could have been avoided.
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