Hi,
Great sounds like me when I first took up golf 10 yrs ago.
Here's my advice:
Try get a set of golf clubs free from your buddies (USED ONE - any type will do because you have not decided if you like the game or not)
Reason - before you start, you need to be trained by a professional golf teacher otherwise forget about playing GOLF that will cost you some money to pay for lessons ( I took about six month worth of golf lesson from my pro each lasting once a week 1 hr lesson)
Reasons: Golf is a LOVE / HATE affair, either you love it and hate it, you will still love it / hate it
Reasons: If you learn golf the proper way, you will treasure every step and every bit of the way to happy golfing and not getting injured.
Reasons: There will be positive remarks suchs wow, where did you learn to Swing like a PRO? Wow you sure hit a powerful tee shot like TIGER WOODS. Wow your tee shots were amazing and long too!
Reasons: You will be able to feel the GAME as you progress along.
ONCE you have master the basics of golf, then you can look forward to purchase a PRICE BRAND GOLF SET of your choice, by then you will learn more about type of Shaft, Club head speed, Regular or Stiff shaft, Type of Grips, Type of GOlf balls etc...
By the way, my first golf club set was a DUNLOP Set, but my putter is a PING insert type.
I just replace my Dunlop set last year with a Nike set.
Have fun
FUJUN
10 Handicapper
Singapore