Newbie , take lessons or not please any advise

Been playing golf for about 8 months now , starting playing pitch and putt with mates but then we all tired proper golf and we all love it so we joined and became members of our local course.

I seem to have picked it up alright and shot 95 first round and its got better ever since , played a golf tounament and won it , ok nothing special but was nice and got an handicap of 16 from the start but now starting to playing rounds under 80 with my best 79 now my question is will lessons with golf pro inprove my game that much ? not that am saying i couldnt improve alot could i could but for the money isnt it better to learn yourself and try different things.