My wife and I were in your shoes recently!! We bought a villa in Pennecamp 2 years ago and this past winter decided that taking up golf bubbled up to the top of our "Bucket List".
Definately take some lessons first, that way you have no bad habits to break
We took lessons at Tree Top Golf with their Get Golf Ready with Mike Girard. Tree Tops is located just outside the Villages on Rolling Acres Road, phone number 352-259-2313. The Villages also have a similar program and we thought that we got more bang for the buck going with Tree Tops.
Played a couple of games with friends and we are really enjoying the game and learning new things. We bought men's and lady's starter sets of clubs from Dick's Sporting Goods. They had a great sale when we were in the market.
Here is Tree Tops web site to look at:
Tree Tops Golf
Good luck and enjoy!!!