10 Best Snacks To Have In Your Golf Bag
A typical round of golf can take anywhere from three to six hours depending on the length of the course, how many balls you have lost, or the pace of the groups in front of you. In almost every other sport in the world, athletes training or competing in sports of this duration would, at some point, take on board nutrition to support performance.
A few examples include: marathon runners, consuming carbohydrate (fuel) during races to help them produce winning performances; football players, consuming sports drinks, carbohydrate gels and fluids to help win matches; and formula 1 drivers, consuming fluids while at the wheel of the car to stay hydrated during a race.
Over the last few years, players like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau have been making the headlines, not just for their on-course displays, but also for firmly putting performance nutrition on the global map. And rightly so.
It is not uncommon for a player to cover a distance in excess of 10 kilometers (Duncan et al., 2006) during a round and, depending on the course topography and altitude changes, additional demands can be placed on golfers (Burkett & von Heijne-Fisher, 1998; Stauch, Liu, Giesler, & Lehmann, 1999).
With this in mind, total caloric expenditure while carrying a bag has been reported at 1954 kcal, reduced to 1527 kcal for walking with a cart (opens in new tab) during a round of golf (Sell et al., 2008).
Therefore, it’s really important we now view a round of golf as a bit of an endurance event. If you are taking it seriously, it’s not just as simple as a few holes with your friends, but a multistage three to six hour event that will require fueling before, during and after.
Take the London Marathon. It’s probably one of the world’s best known endurance events and if you are running a good time, it may take you in the region of three to five hours to complete. This could be the same time, or less, than your normal round of golf. Of course, the intensity is different, but the point is that you will still be expending some serious calories as outlined above.
With this in mind, what snacks should we be carrying in the golf bag to ensure we are fully fueled and ready for a great round? Below are 10 of the best:
Water
Keep it simple and don’t miss this non-negotiable. Save purchasing one from the clubhouse and save on plastic usage by filling up a bottle of water from home. For those hot days, keep it in the fridge overnight…
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