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Head down to your local driving range, pick a lane off to the side if you can, and just start whacking some balls. You can get enough of the basics to have a good time just by watching a few basic youtube tutorials. Your swing will suck, you'll be slicing and hooking all over the place, etc., but it's a fun experience trying to iterate on each swing to improve. You'll probably want to book an hour or two of lessons at some point before you build any truly terrible habits, but golf is actually a lot easier than it looks, as long as you don't mind being terrible. Your best bet is to book the cheapest hour lesson you can find and/or find a buddy who can give you some tips, spend a couple afternoons at the driving and putting ranges to develop a little bit of technique, then just book a tee time and go golfing. It can be a little stressful when you're first starting out and you feel like everyone's waiting on you, but try not to let that get to you. If you notice someone waiting, offer to let them go ahead of you, or if you don't really enjoy putting and/or want to focus on your drives, just pick your ball up when you get to the green and move onto the next hole. I'd take my time, relax, drink a few beers, and not really worry about keeping score while you're getting the hang of things.
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