Good golf and nutrition are intrinsically linked. The nutrition will affect your golf. It will make it better or worse.
Good nutrition aids the amount of energy you have and also how good your concentration and focus levels are.
Tired after a gruelling week at work, got in late after friday drinks and had a kebab on the way home? You’re not playing good golf on Saturday morning!
Here’s a great article from mytpi with some good info on golfing nutrition. If you’re reading this in the UK then forget the bit about golf being played in ‘gruelling heat over several hours’.
nutrition_a_golfer’s_competitive_edgehttp://www.mytpi.com/articles/health/
Here is also some good advice on the types of food to avoid when playing golf:
http://www.golfdigest.com/gallery/photos-10-worst-foods-drinks#11
Here’s what a few tour pro’s are snacking on:
• Bill Haas: Fruit and nuts
• Fredrik Jacobsen: Jerky
• Adam Scott: Clif Bars
• Yani Seng: Meiji bars (Chocolate covered almonds)
• Aaron Baddley: Almonds
• Jim Furyk: Lara Bars
• Steve Marino: Nuun tablets in water
• Ben Crane: Back Nine Electrolyte Tablets
• Matt Kuchar: Almonds
• Brittany Lincicome: Peant butter and Jelly Sandwich
• Ben Curtis: granola bars and Amino Vital
• Martin Laird: Vitalyte Electrolyte Tablets
• Phil Mickelson: Bananas
• Keegan Bradley: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on multigrain bread, almonds, raisins, peanuts, trail mix, and always packs a few Clif Bars
I think hydrating with water and then little and often snacks is the way to go.
There is a nutritional hack that I have found and I take it every day. It’s my nutritional insurance in the form of a greens drink. The ingredients are extensive and amazing and it’s my way of getting a nutritional blast in the morning.
It’s called Athletic Greens and was introduced to me by Tim Ferris when I read the 4-Hour body.
Give it a go and let me know what you think. I would be really interested to hear what happens to your scores.
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