In a recent interview with Tom D’Angelo of the Palm Beach Post<\/a>, Player took out a laminated card he received from a gerontologist that listed the 12 keys to living to 100.<\/p>\n “Under eat. Exercise. Read. Prayer\/meditate. Love. Ice bath. Gratitude. Sleep. Laugh a lot. Keep busy. Friends. Do things you don’t want to do,” the card read.<\/p>\n Gary Player at the Masters as an honorary starter. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n It’s fair to say that the first key listed on the card is the most important for Mr. Player, who emphasized the fact that getting fat is not a way to live a long life.<\/p>\n “All the gerontologists varied to a degree, but basically what they all agreed on to live a long time is under eat,” Player said. “Everybody’s eating too much. Obesity, which is killing them.”<\/p>\n On that topic of food and eating, Player has living to 100 on his mind “every day,” but realizes chemicals being sprayed on food may keep him from reaching triple digits.<\/p>\n ‘[Getting a disease] can happen because the food is all sprayed, you know, and it’s the things that prevent you from becoming a hundred,” Player concluded.<\/p>\n Player talking about diet is nothing new. He delivered an all-time statement about fast food ahead of the Masters in April.<\/p>\n “Well, you don’t reach 90 as I do if you eat a bunch of crap. I can tell you that. But that’s your choice. Everybody has a choice. I want to live to 100 because I love people. I love golf. I just love life,” Player began.<\/p>\n![\"Gary](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gary-player-usa.jpg\")
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