{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63ea359fe7cacc00111d276a/6893824a86fca13628ae0417?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"65. Golf & Health special","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63ea359fe7cacc00111d276a/1754497545571-6babf4eb-4ecd-44e3-9dcd-74fbb07baa07.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Steve &amp; Sarah are on their hols so Episode 65 is a special pre-recorded interview Steve did a few weeks back with Dr Andrew Murray from the Golf &amp; Health Project.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s a game Steve has played for over 40 years – and played with his late father including for a period after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.</p><p><br></p><p>Steve and Andrew talk about the project, how it came about and the work it does to make the case for golf as a sport, a means of physical activity across the ages – and some of its other rather extraordinary – impacts on the lives of the people who play; not least as club in the bag of prevention ill health!</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.golfandhealth.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golf &amp; Health Project</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://golfinsociety.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golf in Society</a></p><p><br></p><p>You can watch a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHw83JnStuE&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.golfandhealth.org%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">short-film Steve made with Golf &amp; Health</a>, during his time as Public Health Minister in 2018, via <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHw83JnStuE&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.golfandhealth.org%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You Tube</a></p><p><br></p><p>This episode's cover image shows (from left to right); Dr Andrew Murray, Professor Fiona Bull (WHO Programme Manager, Non-Communicable Disease Prevention), Steve Brine, Annika Sorenstam<strong> </strong>Major Champion and a global ambassador for golf and health), Martin Slumbers (then Chief Executive of The R&amp;A) and Craig Tracey (then Chair of the All-Party Group on Golf) in Westminster at the International Congress on Golf &amp; Health in 2018.</p>","author_name":"Steve Brine & James Bethell"}