Rob Hogan, World Speed golf Champion

 

In an interview with Steve O'Rourke. Rob explained : I'd read about SGI - who orgabsie tournaments - and it was something that immediately appealed to me and so around that time (2009/09) I held a couple of exhibitions in front of people te raise a few bob for charity. My background is golf, but I played a load of soccer and tennis as a youngster and kept going with a bit of running here and there so it was a good fit.At his first big event, the 2012 world championships, Rob realised he didn't have the fitness required to take on the world's best.I realised I needed to improve my running so I started training with Craughwell Athletic club in Galway. "I hadn't been in the condition I needed to be to do the times I ran so , on the greens, I wasn't  able to operate properly with where my heart rate was.""I was more confident in my golf but big part of winning was that I was much fitter so I was able to run the times I wanted and keep my concentration."An added bonus for Rob has been that his regular golf game, "slow golf" he calls it, has improved along with his speed golf." I found that, even though I don't play tournament golf any more, just with my dad and friends, It has improved my slow golf game. I guess that spending 30 seconds over the ball was as good as 90 seconds as it doesn't allow any doubts to creep in."