Warming up before golf should be no different to warming up before partaking in any other form of physical activity. The golf swing involves the whole body and so it’s important to get all of your muscles ready to move in the golf swing and to get you around the golf course.
Bernhard Langer: Pre Round Warm Up
At my age golf fitness is more focused on stretching than on building muscle. It’s important for to stay flexible and not to lose strength so I do bands and light weights. I have never done heavy weights, which a lot of the young guys do nowadays. I do what I know and what I think is good for me.
Before a round I usually spend about an hour in the fitness trailer before I warm up on the range. I show up around three hours before my tee time. In the fitness trailer I get my heartbeat up and stretch and do a light workout. Then I will spend about half an hour to get something to eat and put my sunblock on.
Then I will spend an hour warming up on the putting green, chipping green, hitting bunker shots, hitting some longer shots, then back to the putting green before arriving on the tee about five minutes before my tee time. That is my routine.
I don’t get a massage before I play. I prefer that afterwards. I have found out that I can get almost too loose before a round.
