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Under Armour Coreshorts
UA CORESHORTS – BELIEVE IN THE X Stabilize your core. Activate your speed. The use of compression is widely used by top athletes throughout the world to enhance physical performance and to help them achieve there maximum in all major sports. Compression performance apparel is now being used amongst some of the worlds top golfers. ...
IOG Article – Osteoarthritis and Golf
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. Almost half of all people over the age of 60 and virtually all over the age of 80 will have osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis has been called “wear and tear” or “degenerative” arthritis. It occurs as a result of mechanical breakdown in the structures affecting the joints. This happens ...
Kinesio Taping Reduces Pain & Enhances Performance
I’m sure you have all seen the brightly coloured tape applied to rugby players knees, volleyball and tennis players shoulders and basketballers calves! Its called Kinesio Tape, and it has recently taken the sporting world by storm. But in fact it has been around for decades. Kinesio Taping involves taping over and around muscles to ...
IOG Article – Why do i get back pain?
Why do i get Lower Back Pain when i play golf? Lower back pain is very common among golfers of all ages and levels. In fact, up to 70% of all golfers experience back pain. There a multiple reasons why you may be predisposed to, or are currently experiencing lower back pain with your golf. ...
Ko clinches victory and record
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New Zealand’s Lydia Ko became the youngest ever winner of the Srixon Australian Women’s Stroke Play Championship with a play-off victory at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne. The 13 year-old outlasted compatriot Cecilia Cho to win on the second play-off hole with a par after the pair finished the championship level at 6-under par. ...
Future Stars Programmes & Workshops
The Future Star programmes are going off this term, with over 30 kids enjoying a heap of fun whilst learning golf and getting their fitness fix. This coming holidays we are running workshops for the kids that have the same theme as the term programmes so get on in there. Click on the logo above ...
Manning solid showing at ASU
Congratulations to Institute of Golf player, Freshman Courtney Manning and sophomore Anna Carling led ASU, finishing ninth and tied for 21st place, respectively. Manning collected the best finish of her young career, while Carling recorded her fourth top-25 finish of the season. Manning shot a career-low 70 on the tournament’s opening day and followed that ...
Clarke breaks course record at Omaha
Institute of Golf professional Dale Clarke set the Omaha Beach Golf Club alight by breaking the course record at the Hawkins Construction Omaha Pro-Am. Clarke shot a stunning second round of 62 on Sunday to lead the event until the final group of golfers finished their rounds. Hastings’s Leighton James consolidated his first round leading ...
Kiwis Dominate in Melbourne
New Zealand’s teenaged tag team of Cecilia Cho and Lydia Ko have scored a double knockout at the Riversdale Cup international women’s amateur golf tournament in Melbourne. Cho, 16 and the reigning Australian strokeplay champion, today won the individual title with ease while fellow Aucklander Ko, 13, was second and together they won the teams ...
World #3 amateur at Institute of Golf
Golfing prodigy Lydia Ko has been rewarded for her recent stellar performances by rising two places to world No.3 in the latest women’s world amateur rankings released today. She lies one place behind compatriot Cecilia Cho, 16, who remains as world No.2. Ko, 13, finished fourth at the New Zealand Women’s Open on Sunday to ...
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