Ladies, so you have been asked to start playing golf with your spouse. The good news is that this could be his quiet way to tell you that he wants to spend more time with you. In addition, with men being men, they would like to teach you themselves how to play the game so they feel like they are important to you. This is a slippery slope as your spouse is probably not qualified to give you proper golf instruction or information. I have started many ladies clinics with the statement “forget everything your husbands have ever told you about the golf swing.” I then watch as many of the ladies faces and shoulders relax and we all get a good chuckle out of it.

Before you make the decision to start golf, you may have some questions about the game. It is important that you arm yourself with good information. Below, we will give you the information to get you started.

If you are not sure if you want to start golf: Suggest to your spouse that you would like to go and ride (or walk for the exercise) nine-holes of golf with your spouse. This will give you a taste of what the game is about before you start golf. It is okay if your favorite part is not the golf itself. It might be the wildlife that you find or my spouse.s favorite to look at the big houses! It got her to start golf.

If you decide that you do want to play, GET LESSONS FROM A GOLF PROFESSIONAL: The Golf Professional will give you the fundamentals that will be the foundation of your golf swing. Make sure the lesson series includes time on the putting green and with the short game, chipping and pitching.

You do not need a full set of clubs to start: Golf manufactures are more and more are selling ladies golf clubs by themselves and not in traditional sets, a three iron through pitching wedge. I would suggest a 3-wood, 6, 8, pitching wedge, sand wedge and putter. You do not always need to buy the top of the line. There are many products that are quality that are less expensive with ladies golf equipment.

You do not have to play 18-holes: As you get started, do not feel like you need to play every hole or use the tee markers. What do I mean? If you get tired after a couple holes, do not play a hole or two. Remember this is to be fun. In the same token, as you first start to play use the 100 yard marker and play the hole form there. Again, this is to be fun not frustrating!

Training Aids and Golf Instruction Books Specific to Ladies Golf: Your local golf professional should be able to give you info on which training aids or golf instruction books would help you the most or the online community has many quality products specific to ladies golf help you with your golf game. Rules of Golf: There are many books that are not as dry as the Rules of Golf. This is also a great conversation piece during your round because a ruling will always come up. This will also get you familiar with the terminology used with the game.

Explaining ways to make money from golf in an article of around 500 words is quite a challenge, as there are so many!

I’m going to stick to 3, including the one I use, so let’s get stuck in…

Firstly, you could set up your own golf site.

On this site you could sell equipment of all sorts, from buggies to clubs to balls, from tickets to championships to memorabilia, books and dvds.

The major plus to this is that you would get to keep all the profits, but the downside is that you’d have to set up and maintain the site, and invest upfront in stock.

Yes, it possible to earn a very large amount of money like this, but I don’t do it myself, and don’t recommend it, because of the large investment required, plus the fact that you are competing against all the sites that are already established.

The second method is the affiliate model.

Anything sold online, and golf is a great example, usually has an affiliate programme.

This means that you send traffic to the company’s site, but to a link embedded with your own tracking code.

When anyone then buys from the site, the company gives you a stated commission.

People have made fortunes online from this model, and golf is indeed a good market for it.

The upside is that you don’t need a website, or any upfront costs.

It can be started literally for nothing.

The downside is that you only get a percentage of any sales, plus there are many other affiliates out there, who have lots of experience of already doing it.

That’s great for the company, not so great for the affiliates.

The third method is the one I use.

The psychology behind all selling is that you provide what people want, not what they need.

To play golf, you *need* a set of clubs, but you want a set of Titleist or Wilson, spending on the bigger name brand.

To watch the major championships, you need a tv, but you want to go in person, spending on travel and entrance tickets.

So, the method I use is to provide people in the golf market with information, telling them how they could pay for all those expenses for free.

The amount earned depends on time put in.

It’s possible to earn a full time living for sure, but even if you just want to pay your green fees forever for free with the method, that’s not bad is it!

You get to keep all the profit, you don’t need a website, and it can be done for free, so it combines the upsides of the first 2 methods.

I use this technique to make money from golf, others use it, and hopefully you’ll realise that there is no reason why you can’t too, for only $7.