I bought my first set of Wilson Staff in 1977 when Woods were made from wood LOL, a bright yellow golf bag. My shirts were bright pink,yellow,orange, At 125 lbs I could pull the colors off. I can't remember how much everything cost but it was under $100.00 because that's how much my pay-check was.
yellow and orange balls were also being played I liked playing orange

I haven't been in the game the long time....the oldest club used by anyone around me would either be my grandfathers putter (don't know how old) or my dads Taylormade Bubble Burner Driver (circa 1995)

I had one of those and LOVED it! Brings back memories...

When I first started I had blue Spalding woods and drivers, and of course they were wood. I found it funny how at the age of 7 I was playing spalding blades as my first set of clubs. I doubt I could hit em well though. I remember trying one of the really old Burners from Taylormade at the time and I remembered it was the best invention in golf at the time because it was metal.

When I first started playing, everyone wanted to be part of a country club, and would pay for it. Anymore, most people just play public courses. (Note: I'm not saying anything bad about public courses, the likely reason people don't join country club's anymore is because of price and public courses are very nice).

Also, when i started playing, I was taught to lift my left heel on the back swing. It was all about teaching your body how to shift weight. Evidently, that's frowned upon now because of the risk of 'walking' during your swing.

All irons looked like butter knives. Driver heads were tiny and had four screws on the face plate...that's where the term "hitting it on the screws" came from.

So who played Dunlop Blue Max balls besides me?

"Metal Woods" were an exotic new thing. Also, I carried a 1 iron because having more than 2 wedges was unheard of.