| Many of us have heard the saying "you are what | | | | the player walks an average of 9000 meters. |
| you eat". That being said take for example a 3 | | | | Research also suggests that the average player |
| hour golf game, many of us tend to overlook a | | | | expends about 2000-2500 calories during a round |
| key component that tends to either give us a | | | | of golf. With these facts in mind a player must |
| good game or a lousy one, nutrition. Nutrition | | | | eat adequate amount of pre-game |
| tends to be an overlooked component when it | | | | carbohydrates, proteins, and fluids to achieve |
| comes to the sport of golf. Many athletes in other | | | | optimal performance. |
| sports have been advised to eat more nutritious | | | | One should begin eating a low glycemic pre-game |
| meals for improved sports performance; golfers | | | | meal consisting of dairy foods, lentils, legumes, |
| pay very little attention to their diet. Perhaps | | | | apples & other deciduous fruit, pasta, nuts, |
| because golf is looked as a relaxed slow-moving | | | | high-fiber bran, dried beans, which can easily be |
| activity that does not tax the energy systems | | | | digested. This will give you sustained energy |
| that other sports such as baseball or hockey do. | | | | throughout the round, and prevent any mental or |
| It seems that the advantages of healthy eating | | | | physical fatigue that we often feel when we |
| habits have not been fully appreciated by golfers. | | | | exercise on an empty stomach. A player will |
| Dietary habits have a profound effect on ones | | | | always want to finish the round strong and not |
| performance on and off the course. Take for | | | | feel drained, better nutrition is a vital key that |
| example that the average round takes | | | | gives one the competitive the competitive |
| approximately 227minutes to complete, and that | | | | advantage. |