The Physical Challenge of Golf
The Search for Power and Accuracy
December 18, 2005
Hitting a golf ball well, or hitting a golf ball consistently well, has to be one of the most difficult things in the world of sports; maybe the most difficult thing. Most athletic endeavors put a premium on either power or finesse, either strength or accuracy. Golf’s full swing requires all of that and more. The challenge is that we have to use those warped sticks we call golf clubs not just to hit the ball a long ways, but to hit it to relatively small targets. Doing this well, and often, is a physical achievement equivalent to the high-speed movie antics of Jackie Chan. Read more
Fit to a Tee
Making the Most of the Winter Months
February 12, 2006
It is a slap in the face, the way CBS broadcasts these images into our homes. Less than twenty four hours after a foot of snow fell here in the east, we are taunted by the footage from the Monterey Peninsula where the tour players and a bunch of lucky amateurs are playing at Pebble Beach. Sunshine, sailboats, short-sleeve shirts, all kinds of exotic wildlife, that magnificent coastline where the Pacific pounds away—and here we are laid out in our egg chairs and lazy-boys after shoveling the driveway, two portable heaters breathing hot air towards a set of toes still unthawed. Read more
Golf and Fitness
Better Golf from a Better Body
December 8, 2004
Golf, for some of us, is no more athletic than folding laundry. Take a swipe, jump on a golf cart, drive over to the tree line on the right, kick the ball from under a cedar, a quick practice swing, take a rip, jump back in the cart, and head over to the left rough; keep repeating this routine until we get within three feet of the hole, consider it holed, and scoop the ball up with the back edge of the putter, and start over on the next tee. Read more
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