Do you like playing golf? Here are some health benefits playing the game.

Summary

• Game of golf can be really good for your health and heart rate.
• Consider taking lessons to learn the game
• Golf is a nice game that can simulate your mind, engage your body and heart at same time.

Golf is a very popular sport worldwide. It is a game played on a large outdoor course, the object being to propel a small hard ball into a series of ‘holes’ with as few strokes as possible, using a variety of wood or iron-tipped sticks or ‘golf clubs’. In 2005, it was calculated that there were nearly 32,000 golf courses in the world, providing many opportunities for members to participate.

Golf provides a stimulating mental challenge combined with a healthy walk in pleasant surroundings and can be played by people of all abilities and ages. Golf can be played on your own or in a team. It may be a casual pastime or a competitive activity as well.

Golf can be good for your health and your heart. Walking an average course for a round of golf can be between five to seven kilometres. If you walk 18 holes three to five times a week, you’ll get an optimal amount of endurance exercise for your heart. If you pull your clubs or carry them, you’ll burn even more calories each round and benefit even more.

• stay fit
• improve muscle tone and endurance
• lose weight and body fat.

• be a great way to keep in touch with friends
• help in reducing stress (as a result of the physical activity and also due to the pleasure of walking in an open and natural environment)
• provide opportunities to meet new people
• help develop a sense of community connectedness.

You may consider starting taking some lessons on hoot play golf.