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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID\u201019) pandemic and related changes in physical activity exacerbated existing barriers to participation in adaptive sports. There is limited literature assessing the potentially disproportionate effect of pandemic\u2010related changes to physical activity in IWDs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine how golf benefits IWDs and understand the effect of changes to golfing habits during the pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>A survey was distributed to all registered players (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091759) of the European Disabled Golf Association (April 2021). It assessed participants' demographic information (age, sex, race\/ethnicity, nationality, impairment, golf handicap), golf habits before\/after the pandemic, and perceived impact of golf and COVID\u201019\u2010related golf restrictions to physical\/mental health and quality of life (QoL).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA) worldwide database.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients<\/jats:title><jats:p>Responses were received from 171 IWDs representing 24 countries. Age\u200918 years or older and registration with EDGA were required for inclusion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Survey.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title><jats:p>Self\u2010reported golfing habits, mental\/physical health, and QoL.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean participant age was 51.4\u2009\u00b1\u200912.9\u2009years. Most respondents were amputees (41.5%) or had neurological diagnoses (33.9%). Pre\u2010pandemic, 95% of respondents indicated that golf provided an opportunity to socialize, and most participants reported that golf positively affected physical\/mental health and QoL. During the pandemic, more than 20% of participants reported golfing with fewer partners and 24.6% of participants reported playing fewer rounds per month (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001 for both); these findings were consistent across geographical region, ethnicity, and type of disability. Most participants (68.4%) perceived that their ability to golf had been impacted by COVID\u201019 and that these changes negatively affected their mental\/physical health and QoL.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Golf benefits the physical\/mental health and QoL of IWDs internationally. Changes to golfing habits throughout the COVID\u201019 pandemic negatively affected these individuals. 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