Hi Dell,
If you are looking at a costing exercise as to what kind of investment you are likely to have to make, I have broken mine down for perusal below. The pound cost does not take into account the offers I completed, the meagre winnings I spent, nor the many gifts from kind friends and altruistic acquaintances.
Hack to Legend = 54 weeks
Investment = £108 GBP
Ranked games = 643
This equates to a spend of 28 pence per day, for an average 1.7 games each day, or £00.16 per game of ranked strokeplay.
Of course this is a very simplistic view, since it does not record the games started and not finished, practice only games, Alternate shot games, CTTH and Blitz games. Every one of the non recorded games added to my skill and ability in some way, even if I didn't see it that way at the time.
Perhaps most importantly, a bland array of figures can never tell you how important were those moments you shared with friends who said "NB" or "Great shot" or "Bad Luck Lizzie"- in other words, the human element that will keep you going through the thick, thin and rough patches along the way.
Lizzie xx