Older adults may gain more health benefits from playing golf than participating in regular or Nordic walking, suggests a study published online in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Playing golf may be just as healthy or better than Nordic walking for older people Regular rounds of golf are particularly good aerobic exercise for older adults, study suggests ...

Walter Lis, the managing editor of golf publication Chicago Golf Report, told Healthline that a 2018 study reported that the average distance walked on a golf course with a playing length of 6,800 ...

Around 55 million people play golf in more than 200 countries. ... Regularly playing golf also improves lung function, especially in older adults, and this aids the optimum functioning of the heart.

Seventy-eight-year-old Phil Kingsley of Winchester and his grandson, 21-year-old Luke Demianenko of New York, share a passion ...

A new study suggests that older adults may gain more health benefits from playing golf than participating in regular or Nordic walking. The findings were published in the journal BMJ Open Sport ...

A round of golf in retirement could make you mentally sharper. Researchers recruited 25 people over the age of 65 and tested their thinking skills after completing 18 holes on a golf course.

Playing golf had a positive impact on older Finnish golfers’ physical activity and quality of ... Getting out in a green open space was beneficial for people during the pandemic and will ...

Although golf has long been perceived as a sport that “older” people play, the National Golf Foundation revealed that in 2024, the largest group of on-course golfers — nearly 6.3 million ...