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Short answer: the answer depends on context, but here is the general rule.
**Why:** once you have done it once, the second time takes half the effort. Specifically with golf: start simple and add complexity only when justified.
**Watch out for:** skipping warm-up. This catches a lot of people who assume golf is simpler than it actually is.
**To go deeper:** the official documentation is actually quite good on this one.
Realistic time to feel confident: faster than you think once you get the first working example.
by sebastianlewis1971
Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about golf will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 7 years of working with scoring has actually taught me.
The people who struggle most are the ones who overthink the entry point.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to treating every mistake as data rather than failure. After that, made the varsity team after 8 months.
The one thing I would prioritise: set a two-week checkpoint to assess what is actually working.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by amaamponsah9340