Sports & Fitness
Golf
One swing, and people spend decades trying to repeat it
Start at a driving range rather than on a course: a basket of balls costs very little and is enough to tell you whether you like this. Green fees and clubs are the real expense, though a second-hand half set lasts a long time. The overlooked cost is time, since eighteen holes runs four or five hours and with travel that is a day.
First stepRent clubs at a driving range, hit one bucket with only a 7-iron, and call it a day once about half your shots get airborne.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $10k–50k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
You will sweat
Without a teacher?
Best with a class
One session takes
Half a day
Where
A venue
Why people take it up