Why So Many New Golfers Give Up ?

Golf is a trendy thing to do. More than 26 million Americans are now screwing up their lives by playing this game. There will be no sanity left for them after they start playing golf. But then again, for bowling you have to rent shoes, tennis is good if you're 17 years old, and I still don't understand squash, so golf seems like the right thing to do if I've got the rest of my life in which to do it.

This game is very hard, and if you take it too seriously, it frustrates you enough that you'll start wearing your shoes backward. Believe me, I know. . . . Also, any lingering pain you have while playing discounts your ability to play well and sends you to the snack bar to pick up an adult beverage more often than you should. A lot of attrition is going on in golf, for two main reasons, as I see it:

If you're going to have fun playing this game, you have to get your body ready to play golf for a lifetime. So let's get physical.

The purpose of this article is to embarrass you into getting into shape so that you can hit a little white ball around 150 acres of green grass without falling down. How tough can that be? I identify five essential elements of golf performance and elaborate on the physical requirements for performing at your best while reducing your risk of getting hurt. The motivation here is to get you out of the chair where you watch the Golf Channel and into a program that helps you feel better, hit the ball farther, and run circles around your kids in front of their friends. Well, the last one may be a stretch, but the other ones are a go.