Currently, we are developing an agent-based travel support system, in which ontologically demarcated data is used to facilitate personalized information provisioning. Recently we have shown how Open Travel Alliance golf-related messages can be reverse-engineered to create an OTA ontology of golf. The aim of this paper is to illustrate how these ontologies are going to be used in the system. In ...

Roger Federer and Tiger Woods are good friends. They are also world champions in their respective sports, tennis and golf. What do their achievements have in common with the training of top surgeons? Why was Prof. John Terblanche an excellent surgeon but struggles at golf, which he took up in his retirement? A better understanding of what makes champions seems to indicate that there are more co...

as a seaside resort, with splendid sands and sand-dunes, offering admirable schools and (in partnership with Berrow) possessing a championship golf-course. It also gains some reflected glory by reason of Berrow having been the birthplace of this year's " open " golf champion, Mr. Reginald Whitcombe. Nevertheless, Burnham made its first bid for a place in the sunshine about one hundred years ago...

We compare several largely independent calculations of solar models performed by diierent groups. As a reference is used the sound-speed proole extracted from GOLF+LOWL or GOLF+MDI data by S. Basu and J. Christensen-Dalsgaard. First, we show some eeects of the recent physical improvements included in the standard model: opacity calculations and nuclear reaction rates and the role of the solar a...

SUMMARY: Golf-related stroke has not been systematically reviewed. The purpose of our study was to describe in detail this particular stroke syndrome. Seven patients were analyzed at a university hospital and 7 patients were reviewed from MEDLINE literature. General demographics, symptom onset, neurologic signs, radiologic findings, and outcome were investigated. A total of 14 patients includin...

BACKGROUND Golf is commonly considered a low-impact sport that carries little risk of injury to the knee and is generally allowed following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Kinematic and kinetic studies of the golf swing have reported results relevant to the knee, but consensus as to the loads experienced during a swing and how the biomechanics of an individual's technique may expose the knee to ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a combined weights and plyometrics program on golf drive performance. Eleven male golfers' full golf swing was analyzed for club head speed (CS) and driving distance (DD) before and after an 8-week training program. The control group (n = 5) continued their normal training, while the experimental group (n = 6) performed 2 sessions per wee...

Although often perceived as a leisurely activity, golf can be a demanding sport, which can result in injury, usually from overuse and sometimes from poor technique. The shoulder is a commonly affected site, with the lead shoulder, or the left shoulder in the right-handed golfer, particularly vulnerable to injury. A thorough understanding of the biomechanics of the golf swing is helpful in diagn...

Microbial quality of reclaimed water used for irrigation in two golf courses located in the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) was evaluated. Bacterial indicators for faecal pollution (total and faecal coliforms, Escherichia coli and enterococci) were tested by membrane filtration using appropriate selective media. In addition, somatic E. coli bacteriophages, enteric viruses (enter...