Dehydration- The back nine killer

[mjyounie]

If you do not believe it is essential for a good performance put it to the test.
complete the next 5 rounds of golf you play and your not allowed to eat or drink anything.
complete the next 5 rounds after that constantly eating little bits and taking sips of water after every hole.
If the 5 rounds in which you do not eat or drink anything are on average better then you have proven science wrong.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

If you do not believe it is essential for a good performance put it to the test.
complete the next 5 rounds of golf you play and your not allowed to eat or drink anything.
complete the next 5 rounds after that constantly eating little bits and taking sips of water after every hole.
If the 5 rounds in which you do not eat or drink anything are on average better then you have proven science wrong.

That would prove absolutely nothing

 

[User20205]

If you do not believe it is essential for a good performance put it to the test.
complete the next 5 rounds of golf you play and your not allowed to eat or drink anything.
complete the next 5 rounds after that constantly eating little bits and taking sips of water after every hole.
If the 5 rounds in which you do not eat or drink anything are on average better then you have proven science wrong.

I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything, so why would I bother ? I know, for me, drinking over a 3.5 hour period is irrelevant. I don't understand why people try and turn golf into a survival sport. It's just a little amble in the country

 

[mjyounie]

That would prove absolutely nothing

Because golf is played by individuals it will prove what works best for you.

 

[mikee247]

Bacon sarnie, red sauce and a Guinness half way round! Ingredients = Water, carbs, Iron and protein!!

Its amateur club golf chaps not a Triathlon or Selection for the Regiment....

I mainly play the back nine better but its got nothing to do with water or food intake but more a case of sobering up or warming up!

Is it going to reduce my handicap? - er no of course not sorry.

 

[nickyj4]

I completely agree with the drink more water premise, as your body is 50% to 60% water. Therefore if your exerting yourself then you are going to deplete this, which will definitely affect you. I disagree with taking sugary energy drinks though as you will get an insulin spike and then your hit rock bottom. Stick to water and slow release carbs as this will give you a constant level of energy throughout the round.

I used to drink a can of Red Bull before every round until i realised how jittery it made me on the first tee, cut it out and now feel much more relaxed and controlled in a medal.

I'm going to try the Tiger method though of eating earlier in the round to see if that helps.

 

[hovis]

Can you tell the where this scientific fact comes from because it isnt its opinion. Its a four hour walk around a field not tough man

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Because golf is played by individuals it will prove what works best for you.

I don't believe it will. Club golfers are inconsistent, that's just the way it is. Taking such a small sample won't prove anything. I played two rounds last weekend and two the weekend before. The two last weekend were much better than the two the weekend before. I always drink water but never eat anything. What does that prove?

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Drinking/eating bears no relation to a club golfers performance unless there is an underlying medical condition. If you can't go a max of 4 hours with out the need to eat/drink then maybe you should seek medical help.

I'm sure you've said that before, and I have to respectfully disagree.

 

[deanobillquay]

It's a walk around some fields with a few sticks and balls...

Hardly a marathon.

 

[User20205]

I'm sure you've said that before, and I have to respectfully disagree.

I do like to repeat myself, hang around long enough I'll probably say it again :thup:

 

[nickyj4]

Put it this way the estimated calorie burn for a 5 mile walk is on average 500, the estimated calorie burn for a round of golf is 1400. Therefore its not just a four hour walk as you use more energy, and that my man is science

 

[CMAC]

I don't believe it will. Club golfers are inconsistent, that's just the way it is. Taking such a small sample won't prove anything. I played two rounds last weekend and two the weekend before. The two last weekend were much better than the two the weekend before. I always drink water but never eat anything. What does that prove?

you're a fish!


A modicum of health/fitness is required for golf, but the mental game is a far larger part than total flexibility and being carbed and hydrated up imo, certainly for us amateurs

Why do so many play better in the back 9? relaxed as the scores gone maybe, less pressure = less tense = more flexibility

just a thought!

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I do like to repeat myself, hang around long enough I'll probably say it again :thup:

Heh

You just do what ever works best for you. I know that I feel better if I drink some water and have a granola bar half way around.

 

[pendodave]

Put it this way the estimated calorie burn for a 5 mile walk is on average 500, the estimated calorie burn for a round of golf is 1400. Therefore its not just a four hour walk as you use more energy, and that my man is science

purely from a scientific point of view...where do all those extra calories go? golf swings? bearing in mind that 30odd are putts...

 

[stevie_r]

I don't eat during a round, used to try the odd banana or cereal bar and it achieved nothing. If it's a warm day I'll have a 500ml bottle of juice in my bag and have a sip when I feel like it. On a red hot day I would plan to take two bottles (that hasn't proved necessary in the last couple of years). If you could undeniably prove that drinking more each round and constantly eating raisins or some such crap would make a significant difference to my game I would consider doing it.

I do subscribe to the Darren Clarke regular nicotine intake method though.

 

[hovis]

Put it this way the estimated calorie burn for a 5 mile walk is on average 500, the estimated calorie burn for a round of golf is 1400. Therefore its not just a four hour walk as you use more energy, and that my man is science

1400 calories for a game? Not quite. Average male burns 2500 if he sits still so considering 4 hours is 1/6 of the day you would burn about 1000 calories if you just stood on the first tee for 4 hours. So that leaves 400 calories to burn. Sorry buddy but it is just a walk in a field.

 

[mjyounie]

Every single person on here will have come across a situation on the golf course where youve hit a shot and thought "why did i try that shot, why didnt i just hit the ball up there''

or ''What a silly thing to try and hit that shot''

These are all linked to decision making.. and what is one of the reasons that on the back nine we all of a sudden start to make bad decisions... not thinking clearly... which links in very nicely to dehydration.

 

[nickyj4]

1400 calories for a game? Not quite. Average male burns 2500 if he sits still so considering 4 hours is 1/6 of the day you would burn about 1000 calories if you just stood on the first tee for 4 hours. So that leaves 400 calories to burn. Sorry buddy but it is just a walk in a field.

Your lucky if you burn 50 calories an hour sitting down, thats why there are so many fat desk jockies. Your required daily intake is 2500 calories, this is for a male with a reasonably active lifestyle to maintain their weight. The accepted calculation for calories used, is 100 for every mile walked. So no its not just a walk in a field

 

[Snelly]

This thread is full of some of the most stupendous, ill informed, overstated, utter garbage that I have ever read on this forum. And that is quite something when you consider the competition.

You don't need food and drink to complete around of golf - FACT.
You don't hit bad shots (on the back 9 or anywhere else) because you are a bit thirsty.
You don't make a bad decision on club selection because you didn't eat enough raisins after the 13th hole.


I am guessing but I bet every one of the contributors on this thread that thinks rehydration is a factor in golfing prowess or decision making, is under the age of 30. Weaned on a Sky Super Sunday endorsed campaign of misinformation that Lucozade improves performance and that the right diet and hydration level matter. They don't. You are playing pretty average amateur golf. Sports drinks, drinking loads of water, nut bars or anything else for that matter, bear no influence on your game.

It is the same as your new shiny wedge really. You can't play the game as well as you would like and can't put in the hard work to improve so you think a new club, set of shoes, frictionless tee or WATER will make a bit of difference to compensate. It will not. Nothing you can buy will make you better, only practice and play will. You play bad shots on the back 9 because you are not good enough to play good ones the whole way round. End of. Water is nothing to do with it.

In 1862, Old Tom Morris won the Open Championship by 14 strokes. I am prepared to bet my mortgage that he managed this without an energy bar, a can of Red Bull, a banana or six pints of water half way round.