It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for the health, but the expected health gains of particular activities are still largely unknown. A team of researchers from Karolinska Institutet has now presented a study of the health effects of golf — a low-intensity form of exercise in which over 600,000 Swedes engage.
The study…is based on data from 300,000 Swedish golfers and shows that golf has beneficial health effects. The death rate amongst golfers is 40 per cent lower than the rest of the population, which equates to an increased life expectancy of five years.
Professor Anders Ahlbom, who has led the study with Bahman Farahmand is not surprised at the result, as he believes that there are several aspects of the game that are proved to be good for the health.
“A round of golf means being outside for four or five hours, walking at a fast pace for six to seven kilometres, something which is known to be good for the health,” he says. “People play golf into old age, and there are also positive social and psychological aspects to the game that can be of help.”
Get off your butt and get outdoors and walk, every day, folks. Surprise, surprise. It’s good for you!
As long as you don’t watch it on TV, or you will die from boredom!
The study was probably funded by Tiger Woods.
Who said “Golf is a GOOD WALK, RUINED!!!” – Might have been Mark Twain !!! Do we have any statistics about how many CORONARIES are cause by golf ??? Certainly, if you are a Type A Personality, you don’t want to take up golf because the ball RARELY GOES WHERE YOU WANT IT TO !!! Fair Warning !!!
I broke my leg playing golf, fell off the ball washer.
#2 JimD, that would be from inhaling the pesticides and other nasty chemicals they use on the golf courses.
Oh, and that would be “Fairway Warning”
This link is appropriate to this post.
http://www.popcrunch.com/the-50-hottest-women-of-sports/
Lots of cute women golfers
People in higher income brackets have a lengthier life span. I’d assume such is the case in Sweden. Also, fatality rates due to lightning strike have to of raised dramatically for those pushing a ball around in inclement weather.
#5 – exactly!
They might as well have titled the report “People who eat Lobster and drive $50,000 autos live longer, so that’s obviously the reason why.”
I spose! Golfers tend to have more money/better health care.
Great, my tax-kronor at work.
>>Lots of cute women golfers
Yeah, if you like bull dykes! Hey, I’ve tuned through the LPGA tournament while channel surfing. I know!
Do none of you ever read TFA…
“The study does not rule out that other factors than the actual playing, such as a generally healthy lifestyle, are also behind the lower death rate observed amongst golfers. However, the researchers believe it is likely that the playing of the game in itself has a significant impact on health.
Golf players have a lower death rate regardless of sex, age and social group. The effect is greater for golfers from blue-collar professions than for those from white-collar professions. The lowest rates are found in the group of players with the lowest handicap (i.e. the best golfers).”
May I say, that photo is unrepresentative of female golfers and probably a disgrace to which ever golf club she is a member of. My club has an enforced greens attire code, dressed like that she would not only get sunburned but would also receive a stiff reprimand.
I’ve got her stiff reprimand right here.
>>My club has an enforced greens attire code
Not to worry. You’d be arrested by your HOA if you tried to get out of your driveway dressed like that. Plus, Google Streetview would send out trucks to take your picture.
Freedom only leads to discontent.
All hail the greens attire code and the HOA!
Yummy nipples.
I’ll take up golf as soon as that girl in the pic can be my caddy.
Other possibilities: The Swedes eat a lot of fish, they drink like fish, and have National Healthcare !!! Quite different from America !!!
sorry fellas, that’s totally a dude
>>sorry fellas, that’s totally a dude
Naw, can’t be. Even the most convincing kathoey ladyboys in Bangkok don’t have jubblies like that.
http://tinyurl.com/2hfpz9
#s 17 & 18: Either way, if my wife sees that, I’m going to have to sneak into the bathroom to view Dvorak Uncensored. 😉
It doesn’t prolong your life – it only makes it seem longer – as in BORING!!!!
The only thing more boring than golf is listening to golfers tell you about every single shot on every single hole until you’re ready to politely whisper in their ear to please STF UP!!!
>>The only thing more boring than golf is
>>listening to golfers tell you
You should do what I do. As soon as you discover that someone is a golfer, FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO TALK TO AS FUCKING SOON AS YOU CAN. AND GET AN UNLISTED PHONE NUMBER.
And they serve beer to the cart.
I’ve killed quite a few golfers from having a nasty hook, or at least that is what I blame it on and I’m enjoying these responses.
I was grazing channels and stumbled on the LLPGA (Ladies Lesbian Pro Golf Assoc.) and these women had arms bigger than mine.
And the model could make life more fun, if not longer.
Lots of parochial comments. The model actually is a professional golfer – ranked in the top 30 in Europe.
>>ranked in the top 30 in Europe.
I guess in Europe the lady golfers must be of the “lipstick” variety, hm?