Have we got a sport for you. It's called speed golf and it combines running with golf. No more staid, multi-hour outings here. The whole point of speed golf is to get around the course as quickly as possible while still shooting a respectable score.
Players run the course carrying one club.
The score is kept by adding the golf score and the time for a total. Not surprisingly, this developing sport is still mostly a West Coast phenomenon, a part of the country where a love of all things aerobic seems a requirement for permanent residency. There are signs, though, that the East Coast is catching on to the allure of speed golf. Last September, the sport made its East Coast debut in Connecticut with the University of Hartford Xtreme Golf Open at the Tunxis Plantation Country Club in Farmington. Speed golf is the brainchild of Jay Larson, a former teaching golf pro and triathlete, and Steve Scott, a world-class runner who is the American record holder in the mile.