What cost distance for a senior golfer ?

Release · 2017-01-26T14:06:18+00:00

I have some ideas after observing and going through this with personal experience. But lets hear what you think and your personal experience ? Fix for the...

sdandrea1

Par4QC

Now yer talkin'.........😏

LBlack14

Uuuuuh yeah.....I don't like this thread, AT ALL.

Well except for Pappy's post. He got it figured out. I like the way he ciphers.

garyt1957

You get older, you slow down simple as that. You will lose ,(not sure on the right word power, speed, reaction time) some exceleration. You can help delay it but it's going to happen. Just like great pro athletes who "lose a step", just enough that they can't produce like their prime years. They still have the skills, just can't do them at the same speed. A batter who just can't get around on a fastball anymore comes to mind. They still know how to hit they just can't get it done anymore.

I work out for general fitness. I'm as strong as I ever was if weightlifting is a good measure but playing basketball with young kids like I did this summer showed me how I've lost speed. I just don't care enough about my golf game to do golf specific exercises. Maybe when I retire.

Bigborgel

Having recently entered "God's waiting room", I find that the way to keep the devil from the door is a combination of diet(less carbs, less sugar, less booze-maybe), exercise (especially for your core, and more strength training than aerobics (which I despise) and as Steve said dealing with realistic expectations. Accept what your game is today, not 20 or 30 years ago. Play with those of your age and general abilities, it's fine and still fun, Time is running out, make the best of it.

GLFTPS

I will be 72 in a few weeks. I go to the gym but do not kill myself and do flexibility exercises. I concentrate on going wide on my backswing to create a bigger arc. I do not swing hard but hit my drives 250, 7-iron 155. Last week I tied for 1st in our stroke play championship with a 1 handicapper. I am a 3.8. I think genetics has a lot to do with it as I see guys my age at the VA hospital that look like they are 90. Oh, I play or practice six days a week.

rsvman

GLFTPS Nice. Congratulations on your tournament results, too.

I think flexibility work and core strength training are the most important things.

Par4QC

GLFTPS Oh, I play or practice six days a week.

That's going to do a ton for anyone's game.

This game is not about distance, never has been, never will be, so I seriously dislike the thread title to begin with. I still play with people that hit those 300+ drives and 185 8 irons and I think nothing of beating them(more often than not) at the end of the day. I played with people like that 40 yrs. ago also. Won the league 2 years running. Longest club in my bag is the brain. As it should be for every golfer.

garyt1957

GLFTPS I think genetics has a lot to do with it as I see guys my age at the VA hospital that look like they are 90. Oh, I play or practice six days a week.

That is probably the #1 factor. We like to think we have control over things but really life is a crap shoot. Some get lucky in the gene pool others not so much. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to maximize what we have but there's only so much you can do.
My Dad is 92 and still hanging in there. He still lives alone, washes his own clothes, cleans etc. He was a construction worker in his younger years and even after becoming foreman kept doing the heavy work. He retired at 62 and has never worked out or watched his diet. He still has bigger biceps than I do. He simply caught a break in the genetic lottery.

Release

gllama Release, do you really think that limiting alcohol has reduced your arthritis? I'm curious because I have pretty severe osteoarthritis in my hip and I do like my evening libations, especially good Scotch...
I haven't read that reduced alcohol consumption helps with arthritis pain.

In my case it did not make me brand new but stopped the progression of "going down the hill".
I had been on a pretty good diet since I got married. Wife made sure of that. I also started to read the label on all the packaging including wine and spirits. Some ingredients I could not even pronounce...... as the saying is, if you can't pronounce the name, don't ingest it.

I'm not saying rid of the pleasures in life, do them in moderation. Moderation level depending on each one's expectation and condition. I believe moderate amount of alcohol actually is good for you, but in my case it agitate the arthritis flare up. the base of my right index finger ( connecting to the palm ) used to be "lumpy" and painful so were my shoulders and knees. It was manageable after I laid of the regular consumption of all the "sauce".

It will not show improvement right after you reduce the alcohol consumption, it'll be a gradual progression .

Supp

sdandrea1

That's my approach as well. The game is supposed to be fun, and it you're getting beat up by the golf course it's not fun.

Release

It depend on which level of golf game one has.

I would take a 300 yard driver and in the rough with 100 yards to the green than 200 yards to the green in the fairway, any day.

Par4QC

Release I would take a 300 yard driver and in the rough with 100 yards to the green than 200 yards to the green in the fairway, any day.

I play with a couple of those guys. Gotta be able to hit that green with the 2nd shot. That makes you a Par shooter. Seldom see that fella on course, even with the length.
Just hit the ball reasonably straight; distance does not matter much at that point. 3rd shot from fw., or rough, @ 40 yds. will trump that 100 yd. behind-the-tree 2nd shot every time. jmo

sdandrea1

Par4QC
That's my game. I am one of the short knockers in all of my men's leagues, but am in the top 3 in handicaps. It's not a distance contest.

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