Claim: Golf can reduce the risk of early death.
Fact-check: Research suggesting health benefits of golf could also suggest benefits of being rich - Full Fact
Verdict: golfers identified in a study had a lower death rate than other over 65s but the research didn't say golf was the reason why.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-02-17T00:00:00