A half set of golf clubs is enough to learn the game and play your first rounds. Here's an honest look at what four clubs can and can't do, and how to tell when it's time to upgrade.

A week-by-week plan for your first month of golf using just four clubs: range sessions, short game practice, a par-3 round and your first 9 holes.

Thinking about giving golf clubs this holiday season? Here's how to pick a first set for someone new to the game, and why a small 4-club set makes a better gift than a big boxed one.

Starting golf can cost less than $200 for your first month if you keep it simple. Here's what beginners actually spend on clubs, range time and green fees, and where the money usually gets wasted.

What clubs a beginner actually needs, whether to buy a starter set or a full set, and what each costs used, from our $89.99 starter set to used full sets.

A 20 handicap gains the most from forgiveness: a high-MOI driver, hybrids instead of long irons, game improvement irons or a matched full set, and a mallet putter. Real used prices included.

A scramble is a team format where everyone hits, the team picks the best shot, and everyone plays from there. Here are the rules, the Texas, Florida and Ambrose versions, and how team handicaps work.

A golf handicap is a number that measures your ability so golfers of different skill can compete fairly. Here is how the World Handicap System calculates it, how to get one, and what an average han...