Take a Minute to Check Your Golf Swing

Health & Wellness

Take a Minute to Check Your Golf Swing

By
Dana Sparks

April 13, 2015

Did watching the Masters Golf Tournament last weekend inspire you to finally pull out your clubs? Well, before you book a tee time remember injuries, particularly hand and wrist, can be common even for the pros. [Tiger Woods suffers wrist injury at the Masters.] How can you minimize your risk and what should you do if a day on the course has you hurting? Reporter Dennis Douda and photographer Andy Shilts spent time with Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon and avid golfer Sanj Kakar, M.D., and asked him for advice. (Previously aired May 2012)