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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 ...
Lydia Wins Muriwai Open by 3
Lydia has kept her amazing year going by equaling the course record with a three under 69 in the final round of the Charles Tour Muriwai Open. She was too consistent for Auckland professional Phillis Meti in the wind and won the women’s title by three shots continuing an incredible run. “Winning every tournament is ...
IOG’s Hamish Robertson Misses By 1 at Muriwai
Manawatu golfer Joshua Munn enjoyed a week of rewriting history at the ask>metro Muriwai Open. The 20-year-old, who smashed the course record on day one with an unbelievable nine under par 63 in fine conditions, held off pros Hamish Robertson and Grant Moorhead in the wind and the rain by one shot for a wire ...
Special Olympics at IOG
The IOG Team has completed another Special Olympics session. The FMS component skills trainings are seeing the athletes advance from strength to strength. The Institute of Golf has been involved with the Special Olympics over the past 7 years and holds training sessions weekly. We are always looking for support in this area and volunteers ...
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 ...
Live Scoring at Muriwai
Click on the links below to follow live scoring of the Charles Tour event. Scoring is done after 9 & 18 holes for each round. Men’s Event Women’s Event Live scoring thanks to NZ Golf
Cameron Jones Gains Campbell Scholarship
New Zealand Golf is pleased to announce the three recipients of the Michael Campbell Foundation Scholarship in 2011 as Cameron Jones (Institute of Golf), Keelan Kilpatrick (Russley) and Vaughan McCall (Gore). The ultimate goal of the Michael Campbell Foundation is to ensure more New Zealanders dominate their chosen field on the international stage. The trio ...
Term 2 Future Stars Goes OFF!!
The IOG Future Stars programme is underway for the 2nd term of the year. The kids were screened in the first class so we can get a base point for their improvement. They did a range of functional tests, measuring such things as strength, power, flexibility etc etc. They spend 20 minutes on the Crazy ...
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. ...
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