Tee shots that pack a punch

Chicago executives and traders first came to Katalin Zamiar to learn how to throw a powerful right punch. Then they discovered an interesting side effect to their boxing lessons. No, not diminished brain function-Zamiar's clients soon found they were walloping their drives farther than ever.

"Boxing is one of the best forms of cross training for golfers," says Zamiar, a martial arts black belt at the toney East Bank Club in downtown Chicago. "For golfers who have poor flexibility and poor movement through the hips, learning how to bob and weave and jab makes them stronger and more flexible through the core section of the body, because everything in boxing is grounded in abdominal strength and waist rotation," she says.

Zamiar confirmed the boxing-golf link by comparing biomechanical data of both the downswing and the power-punch pivot. We're certainly not prepared to argue with her.

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