Contrary to popular beliefs, golf is not a ‘boring’ or ‘slow’ game. It is actually a game where you can burn calories especially when you are hitting golf balls. What makes it really interesting is that you can do this when you are on the driving range or on the greens.
Different ways burn different amount
Make no mistake that golf is not a game where you use the club and hit the ball. It requires both mental and physical skills if you want to get the best out of this game. While the fundamentals are quite straightforward, there are a lot of other activities involved in playing golf that will allow you to exercise different muscles which consequentially allow you to burn some calories. So, the next time you hit the green (or any golfing venues), be mindful of what you are doing and you could end up being fitter than you thought.
Benefitting through different golfing situations
Depending on what you are looking for, check out the following golfing activities that will burn varying levels of calories.
- When carrying clubs – Instead of pulling clubs, you can choose to carry the clubs on your back. This can be quite tiring but it burns the most calories. A 70kg person burns about 315 calories every hour while it is 360 calories and 410 calories for an 80kg and 90kg person respectively.
- Playing Miniature golf – A smaller scale of the actual golf game, this actually burns calories quite significantly. A 70-kg man, when playing miniature golf would burn slightly more than 200 calories in an hour. If you are 90kgs, you would burn up to 280 calories while a person who is 80kgs will burn about 250 calories.
- Pulling your clubs along – When you are walking and pulling the clubs behind you, it is among the highest in terms of calories-burning. A 90kg person burns about 400 calories hourly while 350 calories burnt for an 80kg person. If you are 70kgs, you burn about 300 calories each hour.
- Walking with your golf cart – It is not surprising that when you golf with a cart, you will burn about 250 calories (for anyone about 70kgs) because you are pacing and carrying weight at the same time. This is not the same as walking around the 18-hole golf course. For an 80kg person, you would potentially burn about 290 calories per hour while you burn more than 320 calories if you are a 90kg person.