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A W Fowler. 1977-01-15. Is golf enough.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6054.172-a
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BACKGROUND: Although it is widely recommended that golfers warm up before play or practice to enhance their physical performance and reduce their injury risk, it is not known to what extent they actually undertake such warm up procedures. OBJECTIVE: To collect information about the proportion of golfers who actively warm up and to determine the types of warm up behaviours. METHODS: This study was conducted over three weeks at three different golfing venues: a private golf course, a public golf course, and a golf driving range. Golfers' warm up behaviours, defined as any form of preparative exercise, were recorded by direct observation by two independent observers. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 1040 amateur golfers (852 men and 188 women) aged at least 18 years. Only 54.3% (95% confidence interval 49.8 to 58.8) performed some form of warm up activity. Air swings on the tee were the most commonly observed warm up activity, with 88.7% (95% confidence interval 85.9 to 91.5) of golfers who warmed up performing these. CONCLUSIONS: Only a small proportion of amateur golfers perform appropriate warm up exercises. To improve on this, golfers should be educated about the possible benefits of warming up and be shown how to perform an appropriate warm up routine.
Between the late 1930s and mid-1950s, Dr. E. Cary Middlecoff, a one-time dentist from Memphis, Tennessee, and later, professional golfer, set the golf world on fire. His prestigious 16-year amateur and professional record became legendary. During his career, he won 40 professional tournaments, including the 1955 Masters and two U.S. National Open titles (1949 and 1956). Overall, in 91 tournaments, Middlecoff never placed lower than third. Fellow golf professionals acknowledged him as a talented and formidable competitor. He was a long, straight driver and an accomplished long-iron player who possessed an unorthodox, but accurate, putting style. Although he sometimes commented that he became a "bale of nerves" before competing, he was known to perform admirably while under extreme pressure. Cary concentrated on each hole with "exasperating deliberation," and paid compulsive attention to every detail of his game. In spite of his slow and intense play, he refused to dwell on a poor shot, an unproductive hole or a disappointing round. After leaving the tour circuit in 1963, Middlecoff spent the following 18 years working as a TV golf analyst. In 1986, he was elected as a PGA Hall of Fame member.