Table 5

Distance covered in a round of golf

Study	Quality assessment	No. of holes	Club transportation	Sex	Distance (km, mean±SD)
Crowell26	Fair	18	Riding a golf cart	Male	3.18±0.56*
			Pull cart		7.37±0.71*
			Carrying clubs		6.47±0.84*
Dear et al 27	Fair	9	Pull cart	Male	4.4±3.6
Gabellieri29	Fair	18	Carrying clubs	Male	8.7±0.6*
Zunzer et al 32	Good	18	Mixed	Male	10.54±0.94
		18	Mixed	Female	9.89±0.81
		9	Mixed	Male	5.32±0.48
		9	Mixed	Female	5.25±0.76
Tangen et al 33	Fair	18	Mixed	Male	11.25±0.83
Tangen et al 33	Fair	18	Mixed	Female	10.00±0.56

Please refer to online supplementary appendix 6 for characteristics of the above studies.
*Converted to kilometres.