Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Booking a tee time means reserving a starting slot on the first tee for your group. At most public courses you do it one of two ways: phone the pro shop, or use the course’s own online booking page, typically a few days to a couple of weeks ahead. You give the...
Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Starting golf after 50 works: you can take up the game in your 50s, 60s or later and become a genuinely competent player. Golf rewards timing, judgement and short-game touch far more than raw athleticism, which is why it is one of the very few sports you can start...
Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Most kids can start swinging at a ball for fun around age three or four, with a plastic set and no instruction whatsoever. Short, game-based coaching tends to work from roughly five to seven. Fitted junior clubs and rounds on a short course fit around eight to twelve,...
Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Start at a driving range or in a group beginner clinic rather than on a busy 18-hole course, get club length and lie angle checked before you buy anything, and play your first rounds over 9 holes or a par-3 layout. The two things that genuinely differ for women taking...
Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Your first round of golf is mostly logistics and etiquette, not golf. Expect to arrive 30 to 45 minutes early, check in at the pro shop, hit a few warm-up shots, meet a starter at the first tee, then spend roughly four hours walking or riding between shots. You will...
Jul 25, 2026 | Golfer Basics
Keeping score in golf comes down to one habit: count every swing you make at the ball, add any penalty strokes you picked up, and write that single number in the box for the hole. Compare it to the hole’s par to see whether you made a birdie, a par or a bogey....
