How many miles does an average person walk on an average sized golf course?
Im just curious and would like to know how many miles does one walk while playing golf on an average sized golf course. Has anyone used a pedometer while playing. (I think thats the name of the thing that measures your steps). Just curious…
I used one a pedometer a few years ago. It measured about 15,000 steps, which works out to about 6 or 7 miles.
The course is usually about 6500 to 7000 yards, which works out to 3.5 to 4 miles. But that only measures from the tee to the middle of the green, right down the center of the fairway.
In real life, most players walk to the left or right; you sometimes have to walk past the green; you'll walk ahead to look over your next shot. You'll almost never walk a straight line down the middle of the fairway.
In addition to all that, you have to walk from the green to the next tee area. That can easily be anywhere from 50 to 200 yards, which could add more than a mile to your total walking distance.