The Benefits Of Golf

Imagine the sun bursting through the trees for the first time of the new day, the smell of freshly cut grass still potent to your nose as you tee the ball up for a round of golf in the cool mist of a spring morning. "That is what brings you back every time, the smell of the air, the coolness of the whether and the beautiful surroundings that make every shot enjoyable." (Suess, PI) This is the game of golf in its finest and most exquisite time to many people and many people it has touched in its long history. Golf is a lifestyle and not just games to people that are avid in playing. The game of golf has a history that is rich in technological advances and personal accomplishments, which through time has shown to shape

People have been researching how fitness can affect the golf swing for years. A couple of key elements that have a large impact in one's golf swing are core balance, strength, and rotation. The elements provide a good basis to form a swing around. A lot of people that lack these elements in their swing do not produce a very effective swing. Balance or stabilization can affect the way one transfers their power through impact. Core rotation affects how far one can bring the club back and turn through the ball. Core strength affects the overall power and efficiency of a swing. These elements will not simply create a better golf swing directly. What they will do is help increase the potential for a better golf swing. In order for these core components

Many people say golf is not a sport. They say it's not a sport because most people say it's a " game" than a " sport". They say it's a "game" because you don't really need physical activity. Also you can be overweight and still can play golf. Many of the people that play golf like to call themselves " golf fans" instead of " golfers". Lastly you are not playing against anyone in golf. That why people say golf is not a sport ( golf.procon.org).

The authors tells us that the grip is a very important factor in the swing and is one of the first thing a beginner should work on. The proper way to grip your club, is with your fingers, not the palms of your hands like must people would think. By holding the club a different way it makes it difficult to move your wrists and maneuver when performing your swing. They talk about some of the biggest mistakes that a lot of players make when it comes to the grip, some players tend to have a strong grip or that by adjusting the grip they can alter the trajectory of the ball while in flight, while in reality the things that affects the trajectory of the ball, the most, are “the plane of your swing (where your golf club is in relation to your arms, hands, body, and setup) and the path of the club as it travels down and through the ball”(1-13). Other factors when talking about a proper swing are, a good posture and ball setup. The posture and setup should be practice as often as possible until it becomes second nature. Once a player is comfortable with the posture and setup he should never change it (Humphries and Townsend 35). This is only a small fraction of factors that can affect the

The dictionary definition of a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”

Some with say that Golf isn’t a sport because it does not require coordinated muscle usage. However, the golf swing alone uses many muscle groups from the arms down to the legs. AJ McHardy from the British Journal of Sports Medicine claims that “Sports require coordinated muscle use, and the golf swing uses at least 17 muscle groups in the coordinated movement of the hands, wrists, arms, abdomen, and legs according to a study in the BMJ [British Medical Journal] (AJ McHardy, "Muscle Activity during the Golf Swing," British Journal of Sports Medicine). Also Greg D. Wells from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research says “Playing golf on a professional level requires athletic ability to walk long distances [4-5 miles per 18-hole course]

How many of you have ever tried to play corn hole? Now make the bean bag about a third of that size, hard, and also make the hole, your target about half of the size it was. Now instead of being 27 feet from the target, go back about 300 yards and hit it with a stick, now you have golf.

To this day, golf is one of two sports to be played on the moon along with the Javelin throw. Apollo 14 member Alan Shepard pulled out a makeshift six-iron he smuggled on board and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface, becoming the first and only person to play golf anywhere other than Earth. Golf originated in Scotland and has since changed exponentially. Scotlander’s would hit the ball with wooden clubs. Now, golfer’s use the most forgiving metal clubs available and spend as much time at the gym as they do chipping. Today’s professionals are gym rats that continue to thrive for perfect flexibility and muscle mass. The game of golf is no longer a game, it’s a grind to become superhuman. The discussion of questioning golf’s status as a sport de-legitimizes it’s $975 million dollar industry, the definition of a sport in the Merriam Webster Dictionary, and the tough mental and physical requirements to stay ahead on the 18th.

For some strange reason people don’t clarify Golf as a real sport. When someone says that Golf isn’t a real sport, I can’t help but look at them a little funny. The reason I look at them funny, is because Golf is the exact definition of a sport. A sport is a game or a competition done for enjoyment or as a job that takes physical effort and skill and is played or done by following particular rules. Golf fits the criteria of it being a sport, you have to have skill to play Golf and for some people it’s played for enjoyment, for others they are just punishing themselves. Not only does Golf

As the backswing starts, torque is being created as the golfer takes the club back and rotates in a clockwise direction. Unlike many other sports, a golf swing does not happen while the player is moving (unless you are happy Gilmore of course). A golfer will remain at a fixed point and rotate around an axis, which in this instance is around the centre of the chest. Torque can be calculated by multiplying the amount of force by the lever arm of the force. The lever arm of a golf swing is calculated by the perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation here to the line of action of the force here. As I explained earlier, the long shaft of the driver increases the length of the lever arm and, although more force is required to move the club, a greater amount of speed can be created. Adding to this, the larger the rotation away from the axis, the more angular acceleration can be created and a greater amount of torque is produced. This explains why many great drivers of the golf ball have large amounts of shoulder rotation as it allows them to create as much torque as possible, translating into larger amounts of angular acceleration and longer drives. Considering the average length of drives is increasing year by year, it’s not hard to see why increased torque is vital for an advantage in

Golf is a real tough sport, with real mental anguish, where concentration has to be at is best - and practice has to be daily! The variety of different shots to hit is more than enough for it to be named world's hardest sport! Draw, fade, spin, downslope, upslopes, from divots, bunkers, to putting chipping and driving! The amount of rules to is vast - and if you are a pro it's essential to keep up to date! The mental aspect is huge. You also have to learn to grip a club correctly, judge the loft of the club, measure distances, cope with the wind! The amount of skills in it completely outweigh that of cricket or hockey - and that's why you have so much money injected into the

Recently Golf was added to the Summer Olympic Games. People all over the globe are debating that Golf isn't a sport. But guess what? Golf is a sport.

While muscle memory will probably get you through a round of golf, don't expect a great game.

Golf is a game of passion, frustration and integrity. Many think that golf is a simple game and they would be right in many ways, but simple and easy are two different things that often get confused. Golf could be considered an art form such as when a painter has to use the correct technique, bushes and paint a golfer has to use the correct technique, clubs and accessories. It is a game that needs constant work you will never master it this frustrates most but is why I have such a passion for the game. There is always room for improvement this is what the famous Bobby Jones was meaning when he said “No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games. You are not

Let us start with the basic motion of golf, which is swinging the club and hitting the ball. The golf swing is an example of angular motion. The twist that golfers have in their swing produces torque on the club, which changes the angular velocity of the club. The key to getting the ball to travel such long distances lies in the club head velocity. The faster the club head is going at the bottom of the swing, the further the ball will travel. This is due to a greater amount of kinetic energy being transferred from the club head to the ball. In other words, if a golfer can get the right twist down at the right time, the club will be sped up when it connects with the ball. Most professional golfers can achieve speeds of around 100 MPH at the bottom of their swing. Who would have thought that there would be so much science behind what seems to be a simple golf swing? (The Physics of Golf)