And while his son Eric now runs the Trump Golf empire on a day-to-day basis, the president seems determined to keep firing away as Golfer-in-Chief. He has 16 courses to his name - 12 in the U.S., two in Scotland, one in Ireland, and one in Dubai - with more in the works. But none has been as closely associated with the sport as Trump. Plenty of presidents, of course, have spent time on the greens. That was in 2004, long before anyone imagined that Donald Trump could become the 45th president of the United States. He made a 7 on the hole, but on TV, it would look like a 3. Of course, The Apprentice didn’t show his first two swings. “And that,” he said, “is reality television!” He tossed aside his iron, reached for a 5-wood, teed up a third ball, and knocked it on the green. He teed up a second ball and swung harder. Trump teed up a ball and smacked it into the water. “They’re from The Apprentice.” The camera crew followed us to the next hole, a tough par-3 over a pond, with a man-made waterfall behind the green. This research is set to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020 in Los Angeles.Donald Trump and I were knocking Titleists around his course in Westchester County, New York, when the film crew appeared. The research team are now performing additional work aimed at determining which specific health conditions can be improved from playing golf. Additional positive aspects are stress relief and relaxation, which golf appears better suited for than other sports.” Another positive is that older adults can continue to play golf, unlike other more strenuous sports such as football, boxing and tennis. “Regular exercise, exposure to a less polluted environment and social interactions provided by golf are all positive for health. “While walking and low intensity jogging may be comparable exercise, they lack the competitive excitement of golf,” Qureshi comments. Regarding overall death rates, regular golfers had a significantly lower (15.1%) rate of death in comparison to non-golfers (24.6%).

Over the course of the research, 8.1% of those golfers suffered a stroke, and 9.8% had a heart attack.

Subjects were also periodically contacted via phone and surveyed on any heart-related health incidents.įor the purposes of the research, individuals who played golf at least once per month were considered regular golfers.Īmong all the participants, 384 regular golfers were initially identified. Each participant underwent extensive health exams every six months over the course of the 10-year project. To come to their conclusions, the research team analyzed data originally collected during the Cardiovascular Health Study, a population-based observational project that tracked heart disease and stroke in nearly 5,900 adults over the age of 65 between 19. Therefore, we are hopeful our research findings could help to expand the options for adults to include golf.” Department of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans does not yet include golf in the list of recommended physical activities. Adnan Qureshi, lead author of the study and a professor of neurology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, in a statement. “Our study is perhaps the first of its kind to evaluate the long-term health benefits of golf, particularly one of the most popular sports among older people in many countries,” says Dr. Moreover, many say playing golf is a major stress reliever. Golf is already a wildly popular sport among older adults, with an estimated 25 million consistent players in the United States alone. While the study’s authors weren’t been able to definitively link playing golf to heart health benefits, they believe the exercise and social interaction provided by golf are only going to benefit older adults who may not be able to participate in more strenuous sports or physical activities. Researchers say that going for a round of golf at least once per month can lower an older adult’s overall risk of death. Regular golfers rarely need another excuse to tee off, but a new study conducted at the University of Missouri is providing a major health incentive to pick up the putter.

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