| Leave the cart at the club house; you should be | | | | golfers can usually complete 18 holes faster than |
| walking the golf course. Your doctor thinks so and so | | | | golfers on carts. Basically, a walking team doesn't |
| does the United States Golf Association. | | | | have to spend time all going to each individual golfer's |
| Walking the course is the choice of the pros and, | | | | ball on every hole, but can rather split up and maintain |
| according to the USGA, the use of carts is a | | | | a steady speed throughout the course. So typically, |
| detriment to the sport and should be stopped. So | | | | the tortoise walkers win the race. |
| basically, walking the course is good for your health, | | | | If you're new to walking the 3 kilometers of a full |
| the course's health and even the game's health. | | | | course or have become dependent on your cart but |
| First, walking the course is great exercise. In one | | | | want to start walking the golf course again, you can |
| study, Swedish researchers concluded that walking a | | | | always work your way back up to it. Try alternating |
| full round of golf was equal to 40-70% of the | | | | your holes with a friend, with each of you walking |
| intensity of a full, high-impact aerobic workout. | | | | every other hole or walk one set of nine holes and |
| Another study, led by American cardiologist Dr. | | | | then ride the final nine. Once you're ready, go for the |
| Edward Palank, proved that walking golfers were able | | | | full eighteen. |
| to lower their levels of bad cholesterol. Basically, four | | | | Also, it may be time to invest in a lighter bag or a |
| hours of walking a good golf game is equal to about | | | | wheeled hand cart. Today, a number of companies |
| one 45-minute aerobics class. | | | | sell a double-strap bag that can be worn like a |
| Carts also damage a course and destroy the | | | | backpack and is a lot easier on a walker's shoulders. |
| fairways. Typically, most courses discourage the use | | | | If you opt for a wheeled hand cart, though, never |
| of carts on fairways for this very reason. The carts | | | | take it onto the green. |
| cause wear and tear, drag dirt onto the grass and | | | | Though it is tempting on a hot summer day to take |
| create ditches and hazards. For the sake of the | | | | the easy ride around the golf course, walking the |
| course and the environment of the area, walking is | | | | entirety of the course instead will actually energize |
| the best option. | | | | you in the long run. |
| And though it seems backwards, a walking team of | | | | |