Fitness For Golf Isn?t Just For The Pros

Fitness for golf is a common term on the television these days. I'm sure you've heard it a few times. The secret is out. Fitness for golf has come to the forefront of total golf performance.

Golfers have heard it enough. The golf swing is a physically abusive movement to the human body?unless you take the time to prepare for it.

I was watching the Golf Channel (I do that frequently) the other day, with Tiger on. He said it perfectly.

He said, "it would be absurd to think a football player, basketball player or baseball player wouldn't physically work on his body to play better golf. Why wouldn't a golfer do the same thing?"

I was sitting there saying, "thank you Tiger"?fitness for golf is here to stay.

If it takes the Number One golfer in the world to convince you?then I'm all for it.

How many times have you walked off the course or practice range with a twinge or two in your body? How about when you got home? Did it get worse?

What's that tell you?

I hope you realize how important fitness for golf is, in not only helping your prevent injury, but utilize your true potential to it's fullest.

Doesn't it make sense to improve your flexibility AND strength to hit longer drives that go straighter? Doesn't it also make sense to improve your fitness for golf as you get older?to slow down the aging process?

Don't look at it as "work", "sweating" or "effort". Look at it as "playing your best game ever!"

You will continue to hear about fitness for golf, when it comes to performing better golf.

About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness experts in the country, author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, and founder of several cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Take a look at his just released golf fitness dvds at his golf fitness site - Perform Better Golf.

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SB Nation

Golf roundup: Johnson leads at Colonial
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Bradenton Herald

Airplane door falls onto golf course
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Purdue Boilermakers

UNC second at NCAA golf championship
News & Observer
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Strauss paces Women's Golf in NCAA Championship third roundTexasSports.com
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al.com

Alabama women's golf team sees big lead shrink to two shots going into final ...
al.com
(UA photo) Just when it looked as if the second-ranked Alabama women's golf team might run away with its first national championship, along came USC. And there went most of the second-ranked Crimson Tide's big second-round lead.
Tide Women's Golf Still in First Place at NCAAsCBS42
'Nothing to lose' at NCAA golfGoVolsXtra
Alabama barely hangs onto lead at NCAA golf championshipsThe Tennessean
Montgomery Advertiser
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New York Daily News

Tiger's fall has left void in golfing greatness
STLtoday.com
Tiger Woods, left, and Jim Furyk speak on the 11th tee during final round of the Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Parity and dissemination can be good.
Tiger Woods thinks he can compete well into his 50sCBSSports.com (blog)
Truth and Rumors: Will Tiger play golf into his 50s?Golf.com (blog)
PAUL WOODY: Tiger Woods' most important achievements are off the golf courseRichmond Times Dispatch
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Golf Tidbits: English breaks out at Open qualifier
Fox News
Philadelphia, PA – Following an appearance at the Walker Cup last year, Harris English knew one thing - he wanted to do everything he could to qualify for the British Open because he loved playing golf in Scotland. No one knew it would be this easy.

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Golf: Edmond's Rhein Gibson looks back on Guinness World Record round
NewsOK.com
The lowest round of golf ever recorded was shot by an Oklahoma transplant from Australia. Rhein Gibson, a former NAIA All-American at Oklahoma Christian, shot a 55 at River Oaks Golf Club two weeks ago. It's the Guinness World Record.
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Is Golf a Sport? ProCon.org Tees Up Controversy with New Sports Website
Sacramento Bee
By ProCon.org SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Golf in the United States is a $76 billion industry with 25.7 million players. Thirty-eight percent of Americans call themselves golf fans. Golf is clearly popular, ...

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Boys golf: Ridgewood ends spring on a 'positive note'
NorthJersey.com
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