Some sports have the most rugged training imaginable, runners, boxers, martial arts, hockey, rugby etc all are pushed to the limits of physical and mental endurance.
Others not so much, baseball comes to mind, and so did golf. The olden days of Gary Player being the only fitness fanatic on tour have long since gone however, just look at the physiques on today's young guns and you will be reminded.
However the Champions Tour is still the old guys with their old ways, Bernhard Langer is the notable fitness guru there, and as a result, along with a ton of talent and steely determination he is head and shoulders the star of the seniors. Stephen Ames for example, filled his twitter account with pictures of him lying on a hammock drinking beers in the Turks and Caicos for a month, he's been "practising" in Hawaii for the last two weeks.
Both tours are in Hawaii to kick off 2019, many bring their families for a holiday, it's a pretty easy place to slip into the new year.
This week the PGA Tour plays the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, its the invitational for the 33 players who won last year. Gary Woodland has the lead 67,67 -12. Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Kevin Tway are all at -9.
https://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
Next week is the first full field event, The Sony Open in Honolulu at the Waialae Club, before they fly back to the west coast swing in California.
Meanwhile the senior circuit opens up next week with the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Golf Club, then they're off until February 8 where they re surface at the Oasis Championship in Boca Raton.
I'll be covering it all here as always and I hope you will as well. You can copy http://fairwaysplus.com into your phone and my posts will fall into your Inbox automatically.
All the very best !
Bryan Angus
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