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6 articles tagged “health”.
Fitness trackers and smartwatches are now common on golfers' wrists. Many count steps and heart rate during a round, and some include golf modes with distances and scoring. Beyond the numbers, they…
Should you walk the course or ride in a golf cart? For some golfers, walking is the only proper way to play: the exercise, the rhythm and the feel of the course under your feet. For others, a cart is…
A round of golf lasts four to five hours, and if you walk, you will cover several miles and burn a good number of calories. Yet many golfers tee off on an empty stomach, snack on sweets at the turn…
Golf is one of the few sports you can play for your whole life. Many golfers play well into their seventies, eighties and beyond, and plenty of people take up the game for the first time after…
Golf looks gentle, but the swing is one of the most powerful, rotational movements in sport. In a little over a second, the body coils, uncoils and delivers the club at high speed — and a regular…
People sometimes joke that golf is "a good walk spoiled". The joke hides a truth: a round of golf involves a lot of walking — and much more. Golf combines low-intensity aerobic exercise with bursts…
