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These days, when anyone asks my mom about how to get fit or stay healthy, she swears thanks by Golf Galaxy promotional codes. No, she doesn't play. But it sure made a difference in our family's lives.
My father used to play golf every weekend when we were younger. But when the economy started slowing down, he hung up his clubs permanently. "We can't afford it," he'd insist every time someone asked why he'd stopped.
Then one day, my father suffered a heart attack. He eventually recovered, but the entire family feared he'd never regain his full health again. The doctor recommended that he do regular, non-strenuous exercise to restore his health, but dad was stubborn and refused to go walking or swimming with my mom or any of his buddies.
My mom tried to encourage my father to take up golf again, citing the fact that cardiologists have discovered that this popular pastime may have many health benefits for heart patients, and have begun recommending it as a replacement for more strenuous exercise.
My mom also pointed out that the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had released the results of a study that had discovered that people who golfed regularly had a 40% lower death rate than people of the same gender, socio-economic status, and age. That's an additional five years to your life, she told him.
But no matter what argument my mother came up with, my father was adamant - medical bills were expensive enough, he said.
Distraught, my mother brought up the problem with some of her friends. Luckily, one of her friends' husbands was a golfing aficionado. She said that her husband had almost given up on the expensive dd himself, citing the rising costs of the leisurely game. That was until he discovered that Golf Galaxy, one of his favorite golfing gear stores, regularly offered Golf Galaxy coupon codes online.
My mother decided that this was just the thing to get dad started on his favorite game again. So she went online and searched for the site. Armed with Golf Galaxy coupons, she bought my dad new golf shoes and a new driver.
She presented them to him the moment they were delivered and told him to start hitting the green, or she'd hit him. Dad was angry at first, but he eventually warmed up to the idea when she told him she'd bought the gear online, and with savings off the original price.
My penny-pinching father was finally convinced, and relented to return to his beloved hobby - which, incidentally, did him a world of good. Today dad sports pretty good muscle tone for a man his age, and he's never had to be confined to the hospital for his heart condition again. So in the long run end, golfing saved him more money than it cost, thanks to Golf Galaxy promotional coupons.
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