Over the last few days I have been gifted a couple of wedges and the Rapture iron set (forever indebted to you, thanks guys and gals). I had amassed nearly 3000 credits, just 332 credits short of getting the full Rapture set (L48+). I have got almost all my credits through surveys, a very minor amount (less than 100) from winnings. I can do days without getting a survey, but then sometimes I can get both the long and short Ampario surveys in the same day... for 600 credits. Just got to be patient. With my credits I have made up the equipment I was wanting.
Up to now I have been playing with Starter clubs (except for the TaylorMade Burner driver which was a very bad purchase!) and have still been enjoying the game... as it should be played. Yes, I got frustrated when I hit a perfect shot and WGT send it in whatever direction it wants except where it should go, but I could still post decent scores a lot of the time. Not scores that would win comps, but scores that I was happy with. I do have some sympathy for what X152nnnn is saying - I can now hit the ball into the stratosphere and make it dance to my command (by the way I'm only a Tour Pro) - but I no longer care and haven't for a while; just playing the game for fun.
I haven't gone out looking for people to gift me clubs nor have I asked, but there a lot of generous people around, so you never know who you will bump into. Even though I now have the clubs I want, I will keep doing surveys and any other free offers; I already have gift plans for others; you never know who's list you may be on.