Sports: Ice Golf - are you cool enough?

Ice Golf - are you cool enough?

Written by Gary Hill

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The organisers also try to keep repparttar

golf course open and accessible for several weeks each year for other open icegolf tournaments. The greens are white and repparttar 132986

balls are red. The "whites" are defined by a small wall of snow or by a red line on repparttar 132987

ice. Players are allowed to use a scraper to smooth repparttar 132988

snow on

white in front of their putt - repparttar 132990

only time in golf that a player can legitimately improve repparttar 132991

line of his putt. The snow and ice conditions underfoot vary from hole to hole and contestants need to wear polar ice gloves, artic boots and countless layers of clothing. Anti-glare sunglasses are also a good idea. One contestant a few years ago quipped that "the only hole in one I scored was when one leg disappeared through a seal's breathing hole in repparttar 132992

ice." There is also a local rule to deal with repparttar 132993

unlikely situation of a polar bear interfering with your ball! The organisers are looking for a new sponsor this year but in previous years repparttar 132994

Drambuie liqueur company took repparttar 132995

lead. Players and spectators were able to warm themselves by sampling some of repparttar 132996

sponsor's finest product. As always however, even that feature has a twist to it. Rather than ice cubes in repparttar 132997

drink,

drink was served in "ice cubes" or glasses carved out of ice to be more exact. Trophies were presented from tables carved out of ice and repparttar 132999

scorer's tent was to be found in an igloo! If you get repparttar 133000

chance to visit Greenland for a game of ice golf then sieze it with both hands. It'll be repparttar 133001

most unique game of your life.

Gary Hill lives and works near Edinburgh in Scotland. Playing winter golf on the links of Scotland's east coast is cold enough for him. You can visit his website at http://vacation2europe.com and find information about golf in Ireland at http://www.vacation2europe.com/ireland-golf-vacation.html

FootPower for Golf

Written by William Breland

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The exercise---

Take your normal address position. Contract repparttar outside muscles of each lower leg in order to flare up repparttar 132985 outside of each foot slightly. Strive to maintain this “flared up” position with each foot as you hit a golf ball with a shortened half swing. As you move toward impact repparttar 132986 back foot ( R foot of right handed golfer ) will naturally move out of repparttar 132987 starting position as repparttar 132988 heel leaves repparttar 132989 ground to establish repparttar 132990 normal follow through position. Just beyond impact repparttar 132991 forward foot (L foot of right handed golfer ) will flatten but do not allow your weight to transfer to repparttar 132992 outside of repparttar 132993 foot. Your follow through is shortened to parallel to repparttar 132994 ground for this drill/exercise. Repeat with 10 to 20 swings or until your leg muscles fatigue to repparttar 132995 point of not being able to adequately hold your feet in repparttar 132996 proper flared positions.

Remember: During your swing keep proper spine angles, maintain a good solid position of repparttar 132997 back knee during your backswing, rotate your center of gravity within repparttar 132998 balance zone, and accelerate through impact just as you would in a normal swing.

To learn more about the GoLo GolFitnesssm System and other original training drills or to schedule your personal E-GoLo GolfBody Screensm go to www.gologolfitness.com

Article written by William H. Breland, PT, SCS, CGS. Mr. Breland is the only Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist and touring Golf Professional in the United States. He can be contacted at wbreland@brelandhealth.com or 866-840-GOLO.

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