srellim234: Buying expensive clubs is not a requirement to simply enjoy playing the game and challenging oneself to do the best with a particular set of equipment..
100 % Agreed. I personally used the starters clubs for a year, and just set about challenging myself to score as well as I could, just like I often do in real golf. I still remember my first sub par full round.
My attitude now is a couple sleeves of balls a week for entertainment is good value, sure is cheaper than most forms of entertainment.
The game is what you want to make of it, nothing more, nothing less.