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...