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Old 05-01-2014, 02:25 PM
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This is news? I had a 35 year career as a PGA golf professional. I have had three back operations, two shoulder surgeries and a knee surgery.

Golf is very hard on the body and the back. Golfers have been having back problems since 1300.

A lot of people don't realize what it takes to play golf at a high level. The average golfer going out using mostly his arms and shoulders to hit a ball 175 yards or so doesn't experience the same problems that better golfers, who used all of their muscles and hit 500-1000 balls a day. Playing good golf is a very physically strenuous activity.
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