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ANCHOR LEAD
Sources: Number of golfers: http://www.pgalinks.com/holeinone/
Injuries: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that between
1991 and 1998, golf and swimming injuries increased 110 percent...
NEARLY 30-MILLION AMERICANS PLAY THE GAME OF GOLF. QUICKER GREENS AND BETTER
EQUIPMENT ARE MAKING THE SPORT MORE ATHLETICALLY CHALLENGING THAN EVER. BUT
WITH THAT SPEED COMES A PRICE -- GOLF INJURIES HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN 100-PERCENT
IN THE PAST DECADE. NOW, 'DUFFERS' CAN IMPROVE THEIR GOLF GAME WITH THE SAME
KIND OF ANALYTICS THAT THE PROS MIGHT USE. _____________ HAS OUR REPORT ON
HOW TO BUILD A BETTER GOLFER...
TRACK ONE Length:
08
GOLF PRO BOB GREEN BEGAN PLAYING THE GAME AT TWELVE. FORTY-THREE YEARS LATER,
HE'S STILL SWINGING -- BUT BACK SURGERY TEN YEARS AGO CHANGED HIS GAME.
SOT
KEY @: 10 Bob Green, Golf Pro,
"I have a great deal of difficulty trying to execute a swing the way
I used to."
TRACK TWO Length:
09
CLIENT NOTE: see source information
GOLFERS SWING THE CLUB ABOUT 100 TIMES ON 18 HOLES, PUTTING ENORMOUS COMPRESSION
ON THE LOWER BACK. YET MANY GOLFERS FORGET TO WORK ON THEIR BODIES...
SOT
KEY @ : 23 Dr. Scott Lephart, Director of the Neuromuscular Research Lab,
UPMC Center for Sports Medicine
"The thing that really has been ignored, at least from the non-elite
level, is conditioning. What we have is the concept of build a better body,
build a better golf swing.
TRACK THREE Length:
07
AT THE GOLF FITNESS LABORATORY, BUILDING A BETTER GOLF SWING STARTS WITH THE
'X' FACTOR - THE 'TWIST' BETWEEN HIPS AND SHOULDERS...
NAT SOT: Length:
05
"Eric what we're going to do is look at your torso rotation and flexibility...
TRACK FOUR Length:
14
RESEARCHERS SAY HIP ABDUCTION STRENGTH, TRUNK ROTATION STRENGTH, AND FLEXIBILITY
OF THE TRUNK AND HIPS ARE BETTER IN GOOD GOLFERS. MEASURING THESE, THEY'VE
CREATED EXERCISES THAT HELP TO IMPROVE GOLF PERFORMANCE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING...
SOT
KEY @: 1:00 Eric Schmitt, Golfer
"I've seen increased strength and flexibility. As a result I feel better
out on the golf course."
TRACK FIVE Length:
08
IN FACT, IT WORKS SO WELL WITH SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF GOLFERS THAT LEPHART IS
TAKING HIS OWN 'GAME' ON THE ROAD...TO THE SITE OF THIS YEAR'S U-S OPEN.
SOT
KEY @: 1:12 Dr. Scott Lephart, Director of the Neuromuscular Research Lab,
UPMC Center for Sports Medicine
"The UPMC-Pinehurst partnership is permitting us to establish really
the first golf fitness laboratory within a golf destination."
TRACK SIX Length:
07
LEPHART SAYS THE PINEHURST LAB WILL GIVE GOLFERS THE BENEFITS OF A RESEARCH-BASED
TESTING AND EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM.
ANCHOR TAG:
THE NEW GOLF FITNESS LABORATORY OPENS THIS SUMMER AT PINEHURST RESORT AND
COUNTRY CLUB IN PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA.
SOURCE INFORMATION
Dr. Scott Lephart
University of Pittsburgh
Neuromuscular Research Laboratory
3200 S. Water St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
412-432-3800
412-432-3801 (FAX)
Website: http://www.pitt.edu/~neurolab
Scott M. Lephart, Ph.D.,
A.T.C., is director of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory (NMRL) at the
UPMC Center for Sports Medicine (University of Pittsburgh) and chairman of
the SHRS's department of sports medicine and nutrition. Dr. Lephart's clinical
research in the NMRL focuses on the biomechanical and neuromuscular factors
into the causes, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of common sports-related
musculoskeletal injuries as well as athletic performance enhancement. Two
of Dr. Lephart's major ongoing research projects are the Female ACL Injury
Prevention Study and the Golf Injury Prevention Project.
Source information for Track 2:
2004-2005 Harvard Medical International
A golf swing puts a higher compressive load on the low back (8 times body
weight) than running (3 times) or even rowing (7 times). That's why a single
swing can produce a herniated disc or even a compression fracture of one of
the vertebral bodies.swinging a club 100 times in a morning. average course
is about 6,300 yards. Even without trekking into the rough, a round of golf
can count as 4 miles of walking.
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