How old when you started playing golf?

[Jman]

I’m curious, how old were you when you started really playing the game?

 

[Jman]

I myself was 25

 

[MattyD-MPLS]

I have always been around the game. 7 is probably when I really started playing.

 

[SunnyWalker]

24 when i took my first swing (now 61)

 

[McLovin]

16 or 17. i’m about to be 40.

 

[greenOak]

Depending on what "really playing the game" means, anything from 7 to 22.

I started playing on a somewhat regular basis (at least twice a month) around the age of 20 to 21.

I played for the first time on a regulation course at 11 or 12.

 

[TheDoctor]

That depends, first swung a club in our garden when I was about 5, then I was probably around 10-11 when I first started playing quite a bit with my dad, but then I stopped playing and didn't start playing again until my late 20's for a few years playing with friends from work before a restructure saw us all move locations and even jobs in some cases

If you are talking about when I took it more seriously, I would say it is about 8-9 years ago, but definitely more so in the last 4-5 years

 

[J4U]

Same time I joined THP. Had no clue where to start with clubs... 46. Wish it would have been a lot sooner!

Had been asked before to play in scrambles a few times with borrowed clubs. That was interesting.

 

[GolfTravelDude]

Started at 11 and had my first membership at 11. Jr membership was $25 for the year.....but that was 1968.

 

[Parrot]

I was 18 or 19 the first time I hit a golf ball. I didn’t start playing with any regularity until I was 27ish.

 

[GoldenBuff]

I had a group lesson about age 11-13. I played a few times over a couple of years. I liked it but didn't have friends who golfed or course access. Then no golf until a "work" round in my late 40's. My wife surprised me with a golf lesson on a HI trip in Jan 2015. Loved it. Took up golf as a passion-fueled activity formally at 52 51 (math!), which is in my mind when I started playing golf.

 

[gkeller813]

I started playing real golf on a course around 12-13. Never more than a hand full of times per year until college.

 

[smgoldstein]

I started when I was around 12. My father took up the game then and I tagged along. He didn't take to it and quit after awhile but I kept on. That was 49 years ago.

 

[golfer_teej]

Started when I was 15, then had a break of 3 years from the ages of 19-22, played off and on from 22-30 and now for the last 9 years have played very regularly.

 

[Nerdy]

I went out with buddies and played occasionally in high school. We were never serious. Played off and on through my 20s but really started caring and trying around 30.

 

[Sox_Fan]

14. Now 56.

 

[Reframmellator]

I was 21. I was interested but it was one more expense I didn't want to ask my parents to foot, so I waited unril I got out on my own.

 

[H8tobogie]

Right after college. About 23. Some buddies took me to the college campus course and I was hooked.

 

[DNice26]

I was in 9th grade.

 

[links_slayer]

12

 

[kiwichris]

15 or 16 when my mates and I would go hack around a local to get rid of the hangover.
Started taking it seriously when in my early 20's and joined the local club, bought a real set of clubs (King Cobra) and first round out with them broke 100.

 

[Browns7213]

27

 

[pingman33]

Started at 37...Great sport after softball...

 

[RealPretendPsychic]

I started swinging before I was old enough to play organized sports. Started getting out on the course around 8 or 9. Really tried to get better over the summer while I was in college. Started working and golf took a backseat until I turned 30 last year.

 

[Canadan]

There was not a time in my life where I can actually recollect not having golf a part of it.

More casual stuff as a youth, but finally diving into it HARD around college.