I was playing golf with a friend recently who had been for a ‘boob lesson’ (I kid you not)! She’s got a lovely pair of double-D cup breasts, and quite frankly, they get in the way. So, she’s been having a series of golf swing lessons with a coach who has been trying to address her rather large problem.
Factors such as how to grip the club, where to position her boobs, whether her arms should hang underneath, above, to the side, or just squeeze them in…you name it, she’s tried it. They also affect her balance and ability to make a full backswing turn. Put simply, those big breasts of hers just get in the way!
One of my mum’s best golfing friends always used to make me laugh with her jokes about her “assets”, saying things like “it’s going to be a boobs up day today,” or that her coach told her to “turn her boobs to the target.”
Whatever way we look at it, women have a huge genetic hurdle to overcome, compared to our male counterparts, when it comes to the golf swing. Can you imagine Rory McIlroy being able to swing the golf club at 130mph with his big torso twist, along with a big pair of breasts whipping around in front of him?!
Research shows that female golfers should wear a sports bra
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I fall into the flat-chested camp. I suppose I could be classified as one of the lucky female golfers who don’t really have to deal with this issue, as I’ve got small breasts that don’t get in the way. But, I can honestly say, regardless of their size, I’ve never had a golf lesson where boobs have ever been addressed. I genuinely feel sorry for the women starting out in golf with large breasts and a coach that is either too embarrassed to talk about the issue or just doesn’t even take them into account.
I blame the media and society for sensationalising the female chest and making breasts an object of sexual desire, rather than looking at them from the purely functionality standpoint of why women actually have them, to breastfeed our children. I recall the days of breastfeeding and having to deal with swollen, leaking boobs and breast pads inside my bra on the golf course when my son was a baby, but that’s a whole other subject that’s often ignored!
The fascinating thing about breasts in golf is how little they are mentioned. It is a subject that Lewis Clarke, Professional Golfers Association sports science lecturer, has been heavily involved in. As the biomechanical expert for the PGA, and also a student…
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