Since May 2020, more people have been playing golf. Tee sheets got packed. Beginner golf sets flew off shelves. Eye-popping year-over-year participation numbers harkened back to the Tiger Woods boom.

I’ll be honest: Up until now, golf was never my thing. The idea of schlepping around a course for hours swinging a club just didn’t appeal to me — even though my husband and many close friends were ...