Golf nice for maintaining ‘males sexually energetic’ in keeping with boffins
Scientists say new study of 8,000 shows playing 18 holes boosts folks’ libido and keeps men swinging in later life ahead of people who do other sports – or nothing at all
Fore play – golf is a winner in the bedroom, say boffins(Image: Getty Images)
Golf is great for playing around, scientists say. Regularly swinging a club on the fairway is no handicap to an explosive sex life.
Boffins say the sport boosts the libido and keeps men sexually active. Golfers are more likely to have sex than men who do nothing. They are even more likely to score than fellas who play other sports. That is according to the first in-depth study of the sex lives of men who play the game. Researchers believe the physics of a golf swing could make players better in bed.
They pointed out the swing is a ‘complex, whole-body movement requiring both strength and precision, based on a precisely co-ordinated sequence of muscle activations to enable a smooth and repeatable motion’.
Golf great for the libido(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Research by the Technical University of Munich, Germany, examined more than 8,000 men aged around 50 who were divided into three groups – golfers, other sportsmen and those who played no sport.
Of the golfers, 96.7% were still sexually active compared to 90% of those who played other parts.
Only 85% of non-sporty men were still at it.
Around half of the golfers had more sexual partners in their lifetime than the others, the medical journal Urologie reported.
Golfers said they’d had 11 or more partners while only a third of other sportsmen and three in 10 of the inactive men said the same.
The research found over a quarter of the golfers had sex twice a week, dropping to less than a fifth of other sportsmen and less than two in 10 of the third group.
Golfers were also less likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction with just over a quarter saying it had been an issue compared to a third of other sportsmen and over four in 10 of the inactive group.
The study did not examine another subject frequently linked to golfers – their ability to play fast and loose with the truth.
