Take the New to Golf lessons at Sarasota. They have clubs you can use for the lessons. You will learn the basics, including etiquette for golf in The Villages. The instructors are fabulous, and they can fit you for clubs afterwards.

Also, as another poster recommended, take the free Good Golf School. The tips they provide for using the tee time system are very helpful.

Same as a net and the results can still be manipulated; simulated wind from a persons back can be increased to show a lot more distance. Right to left and left to right wind can also be adjusted to overcome a fade or draw.

How do I know this? I caught a fitter at Golf Galaxy in St. LouIs doing this.

Toto, We are not in Kansas anymore.

I recommended earlier that if you know basically what length club you need then go look for a inexpensive set. This site often has clubs for sale.

I failed to mention that some sites like Ping have charts where you enter your height, age, sex, and level and they will suggest a length and shaft type for you. This is not a professional fitting but it is a good starting point for a true beginner.

just trying to dissuade him from fitting right now...

Same with me. Over 60 years golfing, never fitted, no lessons and got to a 4 USGA handicap... Grew up next to a golf course and caddied in summers. Learned on my own...

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This should be a prerequisite for ALL NEW BEGINNER golfers. LEARN GOLF ETIQUETTE..

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Go to a thrift shop and select a set of clubs that feel comfortable to you. I got my wife a set of Pings with lightweight shafts, left handed, for $3 a club. If you later find you like the game, and can use something better, go for it. Otherwise your custom fitted $500 set of clubs will end up at a thrift shop 20 years from now, and some nice volunteer will have to clean the dust off them.

You were lucky to find a good set of clubs at a thrift store. Wife goes to them a lot and told me that she saw a Titeliest driver at a thrift store which sounded like a newer model. Went to the store and it was the exact model of a club that donated to the local driving range which taught handicapped children to play 10+ years ago. It did have the old smaller head

If buying from a thrift shop, probably need to figure in cost(s) of new grips which start at about $7.00 a club installed.

Get a free set from the guy on this post (clubs make minimal difference for beginners as long as clubs are no more that 5-6 years old.) Lessons First. Then driving range several times, 8-10 buckets. Then Pitch and Putt courses for 6-8 rounds. Then head to Sarasota course with larger holes. (4-5 rounds there) . Enjoy - please play quickly, 1 or 2 practice swings, then hit it, get to your ball, repeat...