A GOOD WALK UNSPOILED
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On THE COuRSE
THE BEnEFITS
OF wAlKIng
N
ot every course can advo-
cate walking as much as
Monarch Beach Golf Links,
which is 6,601 yards from the tips
and located on mostly flat terrain
with manageable distances from
greens to tees.
One of the great benefits of walk-
ing? It can improve your score.
"It's a different experience men-
tally when walking," said Director of
Sales and Marketing Junior Sper-
azza. "You have more time to focus
and prepare for the next
shot. You get to know the
lay of the land better
and you can begin visu-
alizing your shot before
you're even there." Here
are a few more, courtesy
of thewalkinggolfer.com:
9 You will burn almost twice as
many calories as you would riding.
9 You have a much better opportu-
nity to interact with all of your play-
ing partners.
9 You can fully enjoy the natural
beauty of the golf course from tee
to green.
D
octors know it, fitness gurus
preach it and anyone who's
health-conscious realizes it:
walking is good for both the soul
and the body. And Monarch Beach's
new walking initiative serves as a
reminder to golfers about how bene-
ficial — and enjoyable — walking a
golf course can be.
Since January, the course has re-
warded golfers who choose to walk
its 18 beachfront holes with a com-
plimentary push cart and a free
sleeve of Nike RZN golf balls. The
more golfers who walk, the theory
goes, the more exercise they'll get,
the more they'll appreciate the nat-
ural beauty of the course and sur-
rounding area, the less
stress on turf from carts
and, interestingly, the faster
they will play.
"Many golfers, like my-
self, think that golf is a game
that should be walked and
realize that walkers often
play in less time than rid-
ers," said Junior Sperazza, Monarch
Beach's Director of Sales and Mar-
keting. "If you're in a cart, you tend
to drive and look for lost balls and,
depending on cart path rules, there
are many places you can't access so
you have to park, grab your clubs
and walk to the ball, so you're actu-
ally doing more (unnecessary) walk-
ing than if you just walked directly
to your ball."
HEAlTHy HABIT
New initiative encourages walking the links at Monarch Beach
Monarch Beach golfers are encouraged to
experience the joy of walking with a push cart.
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