| Everyone was a beginning golfer at some time in | | | | really a good idea, ladies! No laying out hundreds |
| their life. It is just that some folks hold on to that | | | | of dollars on impressive clubs and other golf |
| name a little longer than others. Beginning golf for | | | | doo-dads when you haven't even completed your |
| ladies is not to be taken lightly. It is a difficult | | | | first round of golf yet! So then it was off to to |
| game to really understand, but at the same time, | | | | the course for my first hour of instruction and |
| if you can't slow down and enjoy the ride then it | | | | then off to the practice range for some quiet |
| is absolutely not worth taking that very first golf | | | | time to review what I had just learned. There is |
| lesson. | | | | just not substitute for practicing what you have |
| I am just getting started in the world of golf. My | | | | learned and it is not just practice as in doing the |
| husband, an avid golfer, who has been shooting | | | | same thing over and over, it is precise and solid |
| the links for years now, had begged me for a | | | | practice that makes perfect. |
| long time to take up this age old wicked game of | | | | Check out the cut rate stores, second-hand |
| gentlemen, but I simply could not find it in my | | | | sports stores, or even garage sales and purchase |
| heart to be interested. But then a funny thing | | | | a set of clubs that you can use, even if you need |
| happened. I got sick and tired of being a "golf | | | | to have them cut down. Many have sets that |
| widow" and longed to spend more time with my | | | | even include a golf bag so you can hit the golf |
| sweetheart and so I decided to throw in the | | | | course in style. Figure out what works best for |
| towel and ask my partner, who has taught many | | | | you and schedule a few lessons. You can do this |
| others to play golf over the years, to teach me | | | | through the local community college, most |
| how to play the game. He has even worked with | | | | community golf courses offer golf lessons |
| several beginning golfers over the years, but I | | | | through their club pro, or even look into local golf |
| was convinced after a few trips to the golf | | | | academies, where their mission is to teach |
| course that I was going to be his first | | | | beginners and experienced golfers alike the game |
| unsuccessful attempt! But thankfully, I was wrong. | | | | of golf. All of these alternatives should be quite |
| This game of the wealthy can be quite an | | | | well-known with teaching golf for beginners. And |
| impending pastime and it can be a bit cash-draining | | | | so, practice what you learn. Schedule an |
| to get started, but I was not going to be | | | | afternoon at the driving range and practice |
| deterred. I was near frantic to do something that | | | | greens, where everyone else is practicing too. It |
| would let me have more time with my husband | | | | took a ton of convincing for me to have the |
| and who really cared what we were doing I | | | | nerve to stand on the practice greens with all the |
| simply wanted to at least be good enough | | | | other golfers, but it without a doubt is the |
| swinging the clubs that I didn't embarrass either | | | | successful time at the practice green and driving |
| myself or my partner. So my husband got me | | | | range that makes the difference in your golf |
| started with a set of his old golf clubs that we | | | | game. |
| took to a shop and had cut down to fit my | | | | Ladies' Beginning Golf can be intimidating, there is |
| height. That wasn't an expensive proposition so I | | | | no doubt, but don't throw in the towel! |
| was relieved! I absolutely had no desire to spend | | | | Stick with it, you will be glad that you put forth |
| a small pile of cash particularly since I was a | | | | and effort to learn to play a round of golf. A |
| beginning golfer and then decide that I absolutely | | | | beginning golfer, no denying that, just look at my |
| could not stand the game or worse yet be a total | | | | swing, but every outing gets better and I am not |
| crash-and-burn expirment trying to learn the | | | | only enjoying my husband's company but finding |
| game of golf. | | | | myself as well while out on the golf course! |
| , which I didn't spend a lot of money on, which is | | | | |