Spring is one of the most exciting times of the golf season because it is the promise of a new golf season. As the saying goes: “Out with the old and in with the new!” This means good news for many of us. The promise of something new may mean new clubs, new beginnings and new golf goals for the season of 2008! And nothing has more promise than the bright polish of a new putter that has not been struck or a pair of new golf shoes that are fresh out of the box.
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| Anthony Kim decided it was time to grow up. Sure, he was only 22-years-old and had the ability of Hogan, the shotmaking of Nicklaus and the personality of Palmer. He also had the head of a lot of players who had too much fun being a professional golfer and not a lot of time to actually be a professional golfer. |
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| Golf requires a lot of time and effort, not to mention a great deal of skill, mental fortitude and perseverance to excel at it. The explosive nature of the swing can put a tremendous amount of stress on the body, and a majority of professional golfers have experienced some sort of nagging injury at one time or another in their careers. But you don’t have to be a professional to experience some of the most common injuries in golf. Even casual golfers can sustain injuries. Many injuries can be prevented.
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Have you finally realized the importance of flexibility and stability to the game of golf? How many times has your teaching pro told you that your swing is being limited by your inflexibility? Is that inflexibility and instability affecting your life and daily activities as well as your game? Most importantly, is it creating or contributing to pain? Pain + golf = inconsistency, higher scores, compensation and permanent injury!
The famous 19th hole…the one that everyone makes, right? Even if you shoot poorly in the previous 18, the 19th hole is one that not many people miss.
Becoming an Olympian is a long and difficult process, one not for the faint of heart or the unskilled. An Olympian like a professional golfer, has to be determined, focused, committed, and tough, both physically and mentally. For many of the participants of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, golf is a sweet escape to help them to get away from the daily grind of training and many athletes see parallels between their sport and golf. | | 
| Tiger Woods is driving the change in the perception of golf to that of an athletic sport and will be known as the player that influenced an evolutionary change in how the game is learned and played forever more.
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| During this off season, GFM met up with Trevor Immelman and his golf performance coach, David Herman, for a few questions about Trevor achieving his boyhood dream of winning the 2008 Masters. We also got an exclusive inside look at a workout routine that Trevor uses to keep his body in perfect golf shape, and the routine he will use to prepare himself for 2009 season and to defend the Masters.
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| In her third year on the Tour, and currently ranked No. 3 in the latest Rolex World Rankings, Paula Creamer has successfully leveraged her improved mental approach and commitment to increasing her fitness level and it truly shows, with four wins in 2008.
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| MR. GARY PLAYER was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1935. At the very young age of 8, Mr. Player lost his mother. With the passing of his mother , young Player was watched after by an African American man that would encourage play and exercise outside after school.
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| Karen Palacios-Jansen, a former David Leadbetter trained instructor and Jim McLean Golf School master instructor, Karen has been teaching golf for 17 years and has appeared on The Golf Channel, has a weekly golf internet radio show that follows the LPGA Tour on Prime Sports Radio Network and is the Managing Editor of Golf Fitness Magazine and golffitnessmagazine.com.
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| In the September/October, 2008, issue of Golf Fitness Magazine, Ryder Cup European Team Captain Nick Faldo gives advice you can use. As we head into the Ryder Cup weekend, Golf Fitness Magazine.com brings to you more of the exclusive interview.
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| Take Suzann Pettersen for example. We at Golf Fitness Magazine have had the thrill of watching her over the last several months improve her body, mind and spirit with a complete “fitness” make-over; one that concentrates on the mental as well as the physical side of her game.
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| After a successful first round at this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational PGA Tour Tournament, Tom Lehman took a quick breather to talk to Golf Fitness Magazine about how it feels to walk off the course after a great round; his newest endeavor, the Triple Threat Challenge; and his thoughts on golf fitness.
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| Congratulations to Padraig Harrington for winning back-to-back British Opens! A feat not accomplished since 1950. A shout out of gratitude to Greg Norman for his example to the world that the young and not so young can go head-to-head in a major championship. It was said of Norman during television coverage that he possesses the mind of a 53 year old and the fitness level of a 23 year old.
| | |  | One look at Justin Rose and you can tell that this No. 7 world ranked player knows the importance of golf fitness. You can also tell that it is not something he takes lightly, as a matter of fact, it is something that he knows has enabled him to keep playing the game that he loves and keep playing it well.
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Recently we had the opportunity to sit down with Trevor Immelman and ask him a few questionson his thoughts about golf fitness and his success. He graciously gave us an entertaining interview in his candid Sout African accent.
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| It seems the number one has more than just "one" meaning….(no pun intended) when talking about Coach Bill McInerney Jr. and The Golf Channel's BIG BREAK CONTESTANT and Bill's student, Susan Choi.
| Laura Baugh. During her professional golfing career from 1973 through 1997, Baugh earned 66 Top 10 finishes, including ten runner-ups. However, if asked what her greatest claim to fame might be, I would bet money that this energetic mother of seven, would smile and reply “motherhood!” However, seven children have not kept her from continuing to do what she loves-golfing, working out and helping others. |
Training golfers to play better and safer one body at a time. 
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