Celebrities Get Hooked On Golf

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In case you have never played golf, perhaps you'll never understand the attraction. But if you are like many celebrities--whether they have been playing for a long time or perhaps recently begun to tee it up--you'll recognize that the game comes with an strange appeal that may digest you.

Tennis has experienced a rise in popularity in recent years, so much so that the game--long and wrongly considered a less-than-physically-challenging sport--is striking yoga and Pilates work outs. Celebrity golfers, who often pay fitness instructors large money to help them get in shape and help them stay physically fit--say there are some particular physical benefits related to a trip on the links.

Experts say if you walk the course, the length of which can measure about 5 miles, depending on the course you can get the most from a round of golf. Walking improves your cardio-vascular health, builds strength and lets you burn a reasonable quantity of calories. You will get an upper body exercise as-well, if you bring your clubs. And hitting the ball really can enhance your hand-eye coordination, which can be useful in several other areas.

Many a-listers and professional players have begun playing to add another level of competition to their lives and to be able to invest more time together with their own families, who're joining them to the program.

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Some people like Oakland Raiders cornerback Ray Buchanan love the activity so much he and his wife, Sheree, created their dream home at Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth, Ga., home of the PGA Tour's Bellsouth Classic. Their multimillion-dollar mansion overlooks the 9th hole, and Buchanan, a former Pro-Bowler, plays two to three times weekly during the off-season.

'At first, I didn't like golf,' says Buchanan, formerly of the Atlanta Falcons. 'But after a few years, it was just like a virus--so contagious that I wanted to keep playing and find out more.'

Sheree Buchanan, who starred as part of the 'NFL wives' group in-the Emmy-winning reality TELEVISION series The Amazing Race 4, just started golfing a couple of months before, in an effort to invest more time with her husband. She took up golf; h-e took up her favorite sport--tennis. She's only beginning to understand why her husband enjoys the game therefore much--the competition with your self and a desire to always do better. Eventually, the pair hopes that their four children will grow to love the sport up to they are doing.

'[Golf is] still fresh for me,' Sheree says. Read More contains additional info about when to see about this view. 'For us, it is fun. H-e teaches me, and provided that we don't have a great deal of people [playing] behind us, it is OKAY.'

Carolina Panthers vast radio Muhsin Muhammad, who also owns an entertainment company and charitable base, says he began golfing when he entered the NFL and 'fell in love with it.'

'Golf is something that is quite soothing for me,' says Muhammad, who already is pushing his 3-year-old son to play. 'I think to be able to play tennis allows you to meet and associate with different people.'

But it isn't only skilled athletes who enjoy time around the course. Stars such as for instance Samuel M. Jackson and Will Smith, and singer Johnny Gill also love the game. Also celebrity couples make the rounds together.it comes to golf: 'We wish we'd began to play when we were children.'.