Golfers have heard it enough. The golf swing is a physically abusive movement to the human body&’unless you take the time to prepare for it.

I was watching the Golf Channel (I do that frequently) the other day, with Tiger on. He said it perfectly.

He said, &’it would be absurd to think a football player, basketball player or baseball player wouldn&’t physically work on his body to play better golf. Why wouldn&’t a golfer do the same thing?&’

I was sitting there saying, &’thank you Tiger&’&'fitness for golf is here to stay.

If it takes the Number One golfer in the world to convince you&’then I&’m all for it.

How many times have you walked off the course or practice range with a twinge or two in your body? How about when you got home? Did it get worse?

What&’s that tell you?

I hope you realize how important fitness for golf is, in not only helping your prevent injury, but utilize your true potential to it&’s fullest.

Doesn&’t it make sense to improve your flexibility AND strength to hit longer drives that go straighter? Doesn&’t it also make sense to improve your fitness for golf as you get older&’to slow down the aging process?

Don&’t look at it as &’work&’, &’sweating&’ or &’effort&’. Look at it as &’playing your best game ever!&’

You will continue to hear about fitness for golf, when it comes to performing better golf.

Many senior golf pros have given lessons and have made a difference in the world of golf for many people. One woman who offers lessons is Michelle Dube in Tijeras Creek. Michelle uses computerized equipment that enhances the student’s ability to further perfect their swing and create more distance with the ball and the club. The lessons focus on putting, pitching, chipping and the full swing. The classes also include the mental golf workshop to get your mind fit for playing golf as well as your body. If you need lesson, she does have a website for finding out more information about her lessons and dates.

Kylee Naffziger and Mark Holiday who are PGA professionals give lessons on the full swing, chipping and putting. They are located in Bridger Creek. They offer group lessons, ladies lessons, peewee lessons, turf mites, and a Nike full day camp to learn all about golf. You can also request private lessons with either one when your schedule works better. They are there for the young players to the senior golf player and teach you the art of golfing to win. If you opt for private lessons, they run about forty-five minutes and then you also have playing time.

If you want to play senior golf like the pros, you are going to want a pro to give you some lessons. Phil Mickelson needed some help from coach Butch Harmon to get his swing back. He was lacking in form and posture and not doing real well in his game. Nevertheless, with the help of someone who has been there and done that he is back in form and riding on top. If you want to learn how to play like a pro, who better to teach you than a pro who has experience and can watch your every move and help in areas you need help with.

You might even want to take some lessons from the PGA association professionals as well. Imagine having someone teach you how to play golf according to how the senior golf pros play. Not only do you benefit from this type of lesson, but also you do receive the finest training around. The PGA offers lessons by different age groups and can offer more ways to benefit from your swing. They have a website that gives more information about training and lessons for young and senior golf players.

Many pros and organizations offer golf lessons where you will actually learn what you need to know before heading out on the fairway. Something’s you also learn is proper golf etiquette, which is very important in any golf setting. Between lessons and manners and the rules of golf, you will be on your way to becoming a scratch senior golf player in no time. The amount of time you spend with lessons and the practice will also account for what type of a senior golfer you will become. Once you learn the sport, you will want to learn some new techniques that that pro’s know about already.

Dorothy Campbell was born in 1883 and died in 1845. She was known as Dorothy Howe and Dorothy Hurd as she was married and divorced a few times in her career as a senior golf pro. Dorothy only had five major championship wins in the amateurs. She won the British Women’s and the U.S> Women’s Amateur in the same year, which was 1909. She came from a family of golfers as her sisters and uncles play the game as well as her father. Campbell’s last win was the U.S. Senior Amateur in 1938. She died in a car accident at the young age of sixty-one.

Glenna Collett Vare was born in 1903 and died in 1989. She had no known tour wins but had six major championship wins. She started playing golf at the age of fourteen and by the time she was nineteen in 1922, she won the U.S Women’s Amateur and continued to do it five more times. She played until her late fifties, Vare wrote two books in the 10920′s. She was well respected as a woman golfer and had a great game play when it came to making the green. She has a trophy given out every year to junior girls, it is call the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy.

Joyce Wethered was born in 1901 and died in 1991. She had four major championship wins and was a member of the British Curtis Cup team. When Wethered and Vare came to play together three times in their golfing history, Wethered beat Vare all three times. Although she never competed in the senior golf tours, she could however drive the ball two hundred and forty yards with precision. Wethered was known more in the British circles more so than in the United States. She married and became Lady Heathcoat-Amory.

Patty Berg was a top leader in the senior golf circle. She was born in 1918 and died in 2006. She had sixty tour wins, which includes wins before the LPGA was even formed. Patty also had fifteen major championship wins to add to her golfing career. She was successful in winning the first U.S. Women’s Open back in 1946. She set a record for being the only woman to win fifteen major championship tours. Patty turned pro in the year 1940 but joined the Navy until 1945. The “Patty Berg” award is given out every year to the woman who makes the greatest contribution to the game of golf for women. This tradition was started in 1978.

There are many great senior golf pros and they have been made members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, as have these ladies. They have contributed to the golfing circuit and have become well known by many of the men senior golf pros. Many women still compete in the senior golf tournaments and have made a name for themselves. Some are good at the long drive and some are famous for their short game. These women have made way for the new generation of golfers.

Arnold Palmer who was born in 1929 is a well-known golf pro who had gone on to turn pro in 1954 now has built many golf courses and a children’s hospital. Arnold has an overall performance record of ten first place holdings in the Champion Tour and sixty-two first place holdings in the PGA Tour. He played three hundred and nineteen events in the Champion Tour and seven hundred and thirty-four PGA events. He still continues to talk about his days of golf and is one of the senior golf pros that are still making a name for themselves.

Jack Nicklaus born in 1940, turned pro in 1961 and tied Arnold Palmer with ten first place wins in the Champion Tour with eighty-four events played and seventy-three first place wins in the PGA Tour with five hundred and ninety-four events played. Jack also played two Nationwide Tours, which he made the cut just once. He has gone onto providing lessons to golfers who need a few lessons in the game of beginning, amateur and senior golf.

Seve Ballesteros retired just recently in 2007, after having years of back pain the preventing him from playing many years. He held fifty European Tour victories and five other championships. At the age of fifty, he did try the Champion Tour and finished last. He did not have the attitude that most senior golf players need, he was telling himself he needed to retire and that helped his game drop to nothing. In 1979, Seve won his first major and is now playing golf leisurely.

When they turn a certain age, most of the senior golf players start playing more than what they did before. Golf is the choice of sports for baby boomers nearing retirement. The retire pros retire from the spotlight but they never really retire from the game. Golf is the top rated sport as you age. Tennis and skiing are not far behind, but you are going have more fitness problems with these two sports. Golfing is soothing and a great way to spend a day. Even retirement from the limelight does not mean they never touch a golf club.

If you play about twenty-five games a year, you are considered an avid golfer. The senior golf player will have more time to play, which accounts for more games played. Because of the handicap system in golf, more players can stay competitive with the younger golfers. To play as a senior golf player, you need flexibility, endurance and some strength to keep playing.

Many of the retired pros can offer some of the new senior golf pros some tips that they have learned. Arnold Palmer still watches the rounds and does speak out about what he sees, but it mostly the distance he sees that needs improvement. As you get older, most avid golf players know you need to adjust your swing and your equipment to get the same or more distance when playing professional or amateur golf on the golf course.