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Originally Posted by theoldcoach
The course is almost 8,000 yards. That is straight tee to green. They don’t walk straight tee to green. Not even close.
So say they walk 6-7 miles a day. And not on a straight, flat terrain.
That is a lot of walking 4 straight days at 50 years old. Especially with the pressure of a major championship and the nerves it involves.
This isn’t an easy, beer drinking 72 holes at Bushwood Country Club.
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And they get to the course an hour or more before they tee off, hit probably at least 50 balls warming up. And consider they were in a midwestern time zone last week and now they're on the east coast. I've done that and it's brutal. Oh and don't forget the practice rounds early in the week or the after round practice.
I've played many a tournament and I don't care how young I was or how in shape I was I was always tired when the round was over.