Abstract
Twenty-nine million people in the United States alone and 55 million people worldwide play the sport of golf. Its popularity is partly due to playing in a sociable, natural environment and combining the health benefits of walking that can reduce stress and improve cardiovascular health. Golf also can be played by a wide variety of ages and skill levels. Handicaps are developed over time and represent a number of strokes a player will make over the course of a round. The lower the handicap a player has, the better the player. Golf is both a sport of distance and accuracy. Distance is enhanced by greater stability, and accuracy is associated with greater stability and lesser mobility [1].
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Blum, J. (2017). Golf. In: Werd, M., Knight, E., Langer, P. (eds) Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52136-7_20
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