Golf

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Urban Golf   12 Smithfield Street, Westminster EC1A 9LA   Tel - 020 7248 8600
www.urbangolf.co.uk   Indoor simulation of 52 of the world's best golf courses.
Also - Urban Golf Soho, 33 Great Pulteney Street W1F 9NW  Tel - 020 7434 4300

Advertise your golf facilities here for just £50 per year. Guaranteed top 3 position, 70 word limit,  includes link to your website to boost your Google ranking.

Wanstead Golf Club   Overton Drive, Wanstead, London E11 2LW
Tel - 020 8989 9876
18 holes, putting green, short game practice area, practice nets.
Nearest tube: Wanstead (central line)

Knightsbridge Golf School   47 Lowndes Square, London SW1X 9JU
Tel - 020 7235 2468
Video Analysis of golf swing, indoor practice area.

Central London Golf Centre   Burntwood Lane, Wandsworth SW17 0AT
Tel - 020 8871 2468    Nearest tube - Tooting Bec.
9 hole golf course, open to all on pay-and-play basis.

Addington Palace Golf Club   Gravel Hill, Croydon, London CRO 5BB
Tel - 020 8654 3061
Private members club, golf academy, 18 holes.

Mitcham Golf Club   on Mitcham Common, off Carshalton Road (A237), Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4HN
Golf Lessons:
Paul Burton (qualified PGA professional) - 07850 677436
Mark Fluskey: 15 years experience teaching golf - 020 8640 4280
Golf course just 12 miles from central London.
By rail: 12 mins from London Victoria, 8 mins from Wimbledon or Croydon.
Nearest train station: Mitcham Junction (50 yards from clubhouse)

Lee Valley Golf Course   61 Meredians Way, Edmonton, Enfield, London N9 0AS
Tel - 020 8803 3611
18 holes, practice area, putting green, practice nets

Crews Hill Golf Club   Cattlegate Road, Crews Hill, Enfield, London EN2 8AZ
Tel - 020 8366 7422 (the golf professional)
18 holes, putting green, practice nets.
Trains from Moorgate to Crews Hill train station

North Middlesex Golf Club   The Manor House, Friern Barnet Lane, London N20 0NL
Tel - 020 8445 1604 (the golf professional)
18 holes.
Private members club, ring for details of access for casual visitors.

Hendon Golf Club   Ashley Walk, Devonshire Road, Mill Hill, London NW7 1DG
Tel - 020 8346 6023
18 holes

Mill Hill Golf Club   100 Barnet Way, London NW7 3AL
Tel - 020 8959 2339
18 holes set in 145 acres.
Nearest Tubes: Edgware, Mill Hill East

Enfield Golf Club   Old Park Road South, Enfield, London EN2 7DA
Old Park Road South, Enfield, London EN2 7DA
18 holes, practice ground with covered driving bays, putting green, short game practice area

Fitness Training for Golf 

To play golf well requires good core strength to ensure a strong drive. The twisting motion of a golf-swing can set you up for injury if your abdominal and lower back muscles are not strong. Why not hire a personal trainer in London who can help you strengthen your abs and lower back? It's worth doing all you can to prevent lower back pain.

If you want to train alone, remember that your core consists of your glutes (your bum muscles), your abdominals (rectus abdominus, obliques, transverse abdominus; each require different exercises), and your lower back muscles (both the lumbar muscles and the spinal erectors all the way up your back).

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Anyone who has suffered golfer's elbow will tell you that muscular strength and flexibility around the elbow joint - and of course good technique in your golf swing - are a good insurance against injury. The technical names for golfer's elbow are medial epicondylitis, and medial elbow tendinosis. Medial means the inner side of the joint. Epicondylitis comes from the word epicondyle, which is where muscles attach to the bone by tendons.

In the case of golfer's elbow, it's the forearm muscles that are the cause of the pain, particularly the muscles that flex the arm at the elbow.

If you're a right-handed golfer, you may be unlucky enough to suffer both tennis elbow in the left elbow (of the leading arm), and golfer's elbow in the right elbow (of the following arm).

So make sure your fitness regime includes exercises that strengthen all your arm muscles, including biceps, triceps and forearms (both the flexors and extensors). And as well as strength, make sure you stretch the muscles of the arms to ensure good flexibility.