Calories burned Golfing

[Matchplay10033]

Wanted to get some opinions on this. I have read on numerous sites that playing golf and riding in a golf cart burns a massive amount of calories. I just entered my stats on a calories burned calculator and it showed for the 3 hour round I just played that i burned 1050 calories. Is this accurate ? I usually run on my treadmill for 45 minutes a day and the 750-800 calories burned doing that feels entirely different almost exhausting. Are these sites wrong ?

[SullGolf]

I think they are wrong for riding.

 

In general, for the times I've counted calories, I only took credit for the walking I do. Thats usually 5 miles or so, which in itself is under 1050 calories. I never understood how the apps counted riding so high. Swinging takes energy and you still walk a bit, but not too much.

[MtlJeff]

If you are walking i think they are fairly accurate. A 45 minute treadmill run if you are burning 750-800 calories that actually sounds high unless you are at a really good pace. Are you running like 9-10K in that time frame?

 

Anyway, in regards to golf, yeah over 1000 calories seems reasonable. You are probably walking 10 kilometers or so plus swinging and pushing a cart

[StarFleetGolfer]

Riding in a cart no way. Walking maybe.

[One_Putt_Blunder]

I don't know. I don't track calories burned because every device seems to calculate it different. Only comparison i can make is my gps track shows my most calories burned was 4239 that was a 15.3 mile hike with 3900 feet of elevation gain 2.3mph pace including breakfast and lunch 5-10 min breaks each. 1k burned on a round off golf walking seems in line possibly less on a short flat course. That hike was just over 7 hours of near non stop walking vs 4.5 of start and stop on a golf course possibly at a slower pace. I will say 1k seems a lot more reasonable than some other estimates i recall seeing around 2-3k calories

[GHIN n Juice]

First, unless your wearing a heart rate monitor a treadmill or elliptical machine is horribly inaccurate. Some machines are off by as much as 60% because the formula they use to calculate calories includes a specific stride length. I’m short so I probably take 1.5 to 1.75 strides to the computer’s 1. But that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m burning more than the computer says for a whole host of reasons only my wife can explain. The most accurate calorie counting gym machines are actually stationary bikes with computers that can measure how much force your applying. They can be as accurate as 7% +\-.

 

Anyway, walking a full 18 carrying your bag can be a great workout and can burn a ton of calories. Using a push cart decreases that somewhat. Riding in a cart is probably half of what you read.

[golfandfishing]

Calories burned depends on your weight as well. If you weigh around 1400 lbs you might burn a thousand calories riding 18 holes.

[gatorpedsMD]

Calories burned depends on your weight as well. If you weigh around 1400 lbs you might burn a thousand calories riding 18 holes.

lol

[gatorpedsMD]

Wanted to get some opinions on this. I have read on numerous sites that playing golf and riding in a golf cart burns a massive amount of calories. I just entered my stats on a calories burned calculator and it showed for the 3 hour round I just played that i burned 1050 calories. Is this accurate ? I usually run on my treadmill for 45 minutes a day and the 750-800 calories burned doing that feels entirely different almost exhausting. Are these sites wrong ?

 

walking is a great work out. riding no. push cart is great too.

[OkieSpladle]

This study found that, on average, riding in a cart still burned about 411 calories per nine holes. Obviously, walking burns more and there are a lot of variables in play, but 1000 is not impossible.

 

https://onpar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/a-little-scientific-research-for-all-those-19th-hole-debates/

[Jc0]

This study found that, on average, riding in a cart still burned about 411 calories per nine holes. Obviously, walking burns more and there are a lot of variables in play, but 1000 is not impossible.

 

https://onpar.blogs....h-hole-debates/

 

Remember the average person burns 100 calories and hour, so you really burn about 400 total for the round on top of your normal. Even in a cart it can really depend on the round. I have played cart rounds where I had 3000 steps. I have also played cart rounds that I still ended up in the 7000 step range. Every mile walked gets you at least 100 calories.

[Springsteennut]

You burn all those calories and then ruin it with a couple of beers during the round and a burger and fries ( possibly more beer ) after the round.

[BA_Luck]

You burn all those calories and then ruin it with a couple of beers during the round and a burger and fries ( possibly more beer ) after the round.

 

worth it

[ceejay81]

You burn all those calories and then ruin it with a couple of beers during the round and a burger and fries ( possibly more beer ) by eating all of the Popeyes as humanly possible after the round.

 

worth it

 

Totally worth it.

[BlueFab5]

I've always been curious about this, but I'm guilty of adding them all back after the round.

[Singapore Joe]

My activity tracker shows I spend about 400 kcal per hour playing golf (walking). With the total of a bit over 10km (6.2 miles) of walking with about 8000 steps. For a guy of my size, 194cm (6'4") and 92kg (202 pounds) that seems more or less right when one adds the whacking of the balls and pushing/pulling the cart. For comparison, running 10km in 50 minutes for me burns about a 1000 kcal.

 

My base metabolism is ca. 2300 kcal per day so golf adds about 300kcal per hour on top of that which isn't that much, just a hair over walking (which for me is ca. 280kcal/hr).

 

Riding a cart I would suspect that to be a bit on the high side. Even though the cart doesn't reduce the number of steps that much - especially if one enjoys trekking in the woods looking for one's ball - it makes one miss the best part of golf: the nice walk to the ball ;)

 

EDIT: Related but sort of off-topic. Some years ago I was not able to run (don't remember which of my many running related injuries) but played golf two or three times a week and spent a fair bit of time at the driving/putting/chipping range as well. Even if I didn't do any running for six months or so, after all this golf I was actually running pretty well when I got back on the road. All this walking produces a nice fitness baseline on which one can build more specific training.

[slocagolfer]

Don't know the calories but my iPhone tells me today's round was 15,000 steps. Fairly hilly course too.