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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
The way I understand it is that golf is NOT very popular with generations younger than the baby-boomers. They seem to prefer the more rigorous sports like soccer, rock climbing, and hang gliding. Golf is from the "tea and crumpets" more docile era. Plus golf uses up too much land and fertilizer, which can run off and cause algae blooms. Plus golf courses eliminate many trees that are needed to keep metro areas cool and prevent excess CO2 from developing.
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
As the atmosphere holds more water due to higher temperatures, in 30 years all of Florida will, likely become a flood plain. Then, the so-called "trolls" will need to put their clipboards in their rowboats, because golf carts are useless. Incidentally, the current US snowstorms are the result of warm air with high water content meeting the Canadian artic air.
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
I agree with that post. Golf IS a good sport for retired older people. I just wanted to point to the obvious fact that it is not so active at burning calories and strengthening the heart. To improve one's health it would be EVEN better to go outside and walk fast or slow jog on a soft surface like grass or the rubberized surfaces at the exercise machine, which also makes for a good workout. Also, those activities save you money as compared to paying golf fees. There are many other sports made for seniors that increase the heart rate faster than golf. Badminton would be one example. Water volleyball, regular volleyball, tennis, and softball, all increase the heart rate more than golf. I would personally advocate staying away from pickleball on a hard surface. Tennis can also be rough on the body when played on hard courts.
Notice the advantage of all these other sports over golf - namely that golf requires a huge infrastructure of outdoor area, grass cutting, fertilizer, and watering. All that wasted energy in maintenance and the maintenance workers are the only ones raising their heartbeat rate. Too much infrastructure money is spent for so little ATHLETIC and exercise rewards. A good yoga class would stretch the body and provide more mental and physical relaxation in a short time versus the long hours spent playing 18 holes of golf.
Personally, IF A PERSON must GOLF, THEN I think that a good COMBINATION of activities would be either a yoga class or a 1/2 hour of walking or slow jogging FOLLOWED by about 5 holes at a par 3 course. That would cut down on the waste of time and resources of regular golf while still maintaining good fitness. One can only prove the VALUE of what I have said by merely OBSERVING the stomach bulge on the majority of amateur or professional golfers - which is NOT present on the majority of tennis players.
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Let's recap, since we're all over the place...
Golf is no longer played by the generation behind the baby boom... Except that it is. And it's a good sport for older people except when it's not... It's not a good enough exercise, so yoga and/or walking must be added because, some golfers have big bellies, but no senior tennis player have them (except they do, as do pickleball players)...
Seniors should stay away from pickleball (due to it being played on hard surfaces), but regular volleyball, tennis and badminton are good (even though they are also played on hard surfaces). But rock climbing and hang gliding are good senior sports (I guess there no stress on the joints in either of those activities...)
They should also do three different activities, yoga, walking/jogging, followed by a partial round of executive golf... Why not do yoga one day, take a walk or jog another day, lift weights yet another day, and play an entire round of golf yet another day?
Isn't daily exercise better? What better way to fill your day?
But I guess it's all moot, since the whole region will be under water in 30 years...
I guess that sucks for those younger (55 year olds) people buying in the new, southern areas...