G.
O. L. F.
Gaining Opportunities for Lifetime Fitness
A Physical Activity & Health Symposium and
Golf Outing
Registration
Form
About the Symposium
Symposium Topics and Schedule
Golf Outing
About
the Symposium
As a prelude to the
2004 U.S. Women's
Open being held at the Orchards Golf Club at Mount Holyoke College
in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke and the Exercise
Science Department at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
are pleased to announce an educational symposium featuring topics
in exercise, diet, golf, and health. This conference will be held
on the campus of Mount Holyoke on June 27th, 2004. Also, as a
warm-up for viewing the best of women's golf that week, Hickory
Ridge Country Club in Amherst will host a golf outing on Monday
morning, June 28th.
The symposium will
feature internationally recognized speakers who will discuss the
latest health findings about the role of exercise and diet for
promoting and maintaining lifetime health. The conference will
also include sessions on flexibility and strength exercises for
golf, advice on how to find the right golf shoe, golf technology,
and several health screening procedures.
Focusing on the particular
benefits for women, the purpose of this symposium is to demonstrate
how golf, as well as other forms of exercise, can help decrease
risk factors associated with common health concerns, and how the
sport provides a unique opportunity for lifetime fitness and recreation.
LPGA Hall of Fame member Pat Bradley, the Honorary Chairman of
the 2004 U.S. Women's Open, will also be the featured guest at
the reception on Sunday afternoon.
Symposium
Topics:
- Physical Activity
and Breast Cancer
- Physical Acitivty
and Bone Health
- Nutrition and Health
- Enhancing Flexibility
for Golf
- "If the Golf
Shoe Fits"
- "Is Technology
Making the Game Too Easy?"
- Health screening
measures on-site:
Blood Pressure
Cholesterol
Body Mass Index
Bone Density
Schedule of Events
7:45-8:30
- Registration and Breakfast (Gamble Auditorium, Art Museum)
8:30-12:00 - Sessions (Gamble Auditorium)
12:00-2:00 - Lunch / Health Screening (Willits-Hallowell Center
/ Kendall Hall)
2:00-3:30 - Sessions (Gamble Auditorium)
4:00-5:00 -
Reception/Special Guest: Pat Bradley (Willits-Hallowell)
Golf Outing
In conjunction
with the symposium, a golf tournament will be held at Hickory
Ridge Country Club in Amherst on Monday morning for those who
wish to participate. This tournament will feature:
- Scramble format
- Golf Carts for
all participants
- Range balls
- Continental breakfast
- Complimentary lunch
- Tournament Prizes
Hickory Ridge Country
Club is an 18-hole golf course built in 1969 and designed by Geoffrey
Cornish and William Robinson. For further information about this
course, please visit www.hickoryridgecc.com
Golf Schedule
7:30 a.m.
- Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. -
Shotgun start
1:00 p.m. -
Lunch and Awards
For questions
about the symposium or golf outing, please contact Laurie Priest
by phone (413-538-2310) or by e-mail:
lpriest@mtholyoke.edu
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