Low handicap golfers generate more torque at the shoe-natural grass interface when using a driver

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-414

  Worsfold, Paul ^a,b   Smith, Neal A ^a   Dyson, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleat; Golf; Iron; Shoe; Spike; Traction

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249114791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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