Why Condition For Golf

1. To reduce and/or prevent injury and pain

• At any given time as many as 30% of all professional golfers are playing injured.
• 53% of male and 45% of female golfers suffer from back pain.
• Those who play golf and participate in another sport are 40% more likely to develop back pain than those who
  just play golf.

2. As a whole, the ability of golfers has improved very little despite significant technological advances.

• In 1938 GE used a machine to measure Sam Snead and Gene Searizan's club speed at 70 miles per hour, which
  generated a drive of 250 yards. In 2000, golf professionals averaged 125-mph club speed and 285 yards. The
  increase in distance does not reflect the significant improvement in club speed.
• Byron Nelson's scoring average in 1945 was 68.25. Tiger Wood's 2000 average was 69.
• Fifteen years ago the average American male golfer's handicap was 16.2. The average female golfer's handicap was
  29. Today, the average American male golfer's handicap is 16.2, and the average female golfer's handicap is 29!

3. Golf is an athletic event

• A golf club can travel over 100 miles per hour, and effort comparable to pitching a baseball.
• Amateur golfers achieve approximately 90% of their peak muscle activity 30-40 times per round. This is equivalent
  to a weight you can only lift four times, for 30-40 sets!
• The level of exertion and muscle activation needed during a round of golf is comparable to the demands of sports such
  as football, hockey and martial arts. All of which integrate specific strength and conditioning programs into their sport.