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WHY THE WORLD'S BEST GOLFERS ARE WEARING WHOOP

Wearable technology is huge in sport. In golf, one item in particular is rapidly catching on. Not only can wearing one benefit your golf, it can also significantly boost your physical and mental wellbeing. It’s called Whoop, a fitness and recovery tracker, and it’s the brainchild of Will Ahmed, a former captain of the Harvard men’s varsity squash team. Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas are all avid users of Whoop, which, in January, became the official fitness wearable of the PGA Tour. To find out how this groundbreaking tech can help the recreational golfer, we spoke to the man responsible for its meteoric rise.

HOW DID THE CONCEPT OF WHOOP COME ABOUT?

When I was playing squash as a 20-year-old college athlete, I felt like I didn’t know what I was doing to my body while I was training. I used to

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