Fitness: Have you had a prostate exam? | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

EDITOR’S NOTE: *Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death among American men, and September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. To mark the occasion, we asked Champions Tour player Jim Colbert, 68, who had prostate-cancer surgery 12 years ago and is now cancer-free, to explain what it’s like to get screened. Colbert works with The Depend Campaign to End Prostate Cancer (dependpca.com). *

A lot of guys don’t want to talk about it, but it’s important to know what to expect when you get a prostate exam. All men age 40 and older should get checked. Back in 1997, I was about to receive the Champions Tour Player of the Year Award when I bumped into Arnold Palmer.

He had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and he said to me, “Boy, you better look out.” I was 55 at the time and hadn’t given a thought to prostate cancer. But …