Keep Yourself Hydrated During Golf Game

If you are coming to play golf in Phuket after winter in Europe, drinking water is one of the most important ways to maintain your golf game.

The hot, humid climate demands that water is drunk frequently even if you feel you do not need it. As more than 70% of our body and 75% of our brain is water, failure to hydrate the body adequately will result in bodily functions beginning to shut down.

Lapsed concentration, headaches and playing badly are all symptoms of dehydration. A leading elite athlete sports doctor advised that a 3% drop in hydration causes a 10% loss in strength. The ability to maintain a properly hydrated body during a golf game in the tropics can lead to a 25% improvement in physical and mental performance over a player of similar ability who is not hydrated properly.

Isotonic sports drinks are also a good means of getting the body rehydrated but there is no substitute for plain good old fashioned water.