Golf Fitness Essential To Tom Watson’s Near Miss At Turnberry

As we witnessed 59-year-old Tom Watson play through four grueling days at Turnberry and fall just short of being the oldest winner of a major at last week’s Open Championship, it was evident that with proper fitness and well being; golf, unlike other major sports, is one of the few games that you can play and be competitive at any age. The success of younger players like Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam has helped magnify the importance of fitness in the sport. In fact, fitness is recognized as such a vital part of the game now, that the PGA of America created a new position called “Director of Fitness” in 2008 and has begun implementing teaching golf fitness to its 40,000 PGA members across the country. Golfers are realizing more than ever that total golf game improvement, injury prevention and lower scores comes from better physical and mental conditioning no matter what your age, handicap or gender.