based on your avatar, I would guess you have access and are playing on the mobile platform...since that appears to be the case what I would recommend...use the sponsor apparel and grind your way up in the lower stakes coin rooms...once you go to the 10k room and above you lose your forward tee advantage and are then off the same tees as better players with better equipment.
as you build your coins up you can then rent some of the coin rental club sets (I used the green set at first and then moved up to the navy blue set, which I covered the cost of by winning coin matches)...now these are not magic wands but they will play better than your starter set, and save you credits from upgrading your lower end clubs as you get promoted. Also, when you add in some selective use of the sponsor apparel equipment boost you can get some really playable clubs from your forward tees. After than I had reached a sufficient level to start upgrading my clubs in the pro shop.
in the meantime work on and refine your short game and putting, getting up and down to save par and increasing your 1 putt percentage will help immensely.
once you start getting into the upper levels after you have saved up your credits then you could start to either piece a set of clubs together or buy a set and then modify them as needed. such as getting rid of the hybrid and playing an extra wedge.
some people opt for driver as the first club, but really you can wait on driver with the sponsor apparel gear off the forward tees... good wedges can help your scoring better than the driver will. I started out with the AVG wedges because I felt they were the best value for the credits I had to spend. I am not saying they are the only wedges or best wedges, but they were the best value for me and less time sitting through videos for 3 wedges. I ended up with wedges that played in the range of 100, 75, 50 because that was also consistent with the higher end wedges if I eventually chose to upgrade for me. Others play a 60, 80, 100 gap but that is more specific to the Clevelands, which are also great wedges but cost more.
Plenty of time to think about and compare clubs to see why you would like. For me...my first driver was the L55 M1, my 3wd was the L51 Cally, and my first iron set was L59 pings. Or you could opt for the Ping set which is also a great value. I just liked the other driver and 3 wd for me.