The standard to which celebrities play golf has always intrigued us club golfers.
Here and there, you hear of your favourite faces on the television screen playing golf and referring to it in their respective spheres. You might even see them at your own golf courses if you share the same membership.
That intrigue will be sparked once again at the BMW PGA Championship this week, where a whole lot of famous faces will play on the West Course at Wentworth, alongside some of the best players in the world.
Famous people usually pop up at pro-ams before professional tournaments, such as at the British Masters at the Belfry and at Wentworth. Your favourite footballer, comedian or actor can be seen sharing the fairways with some of the best players in the world.
Footballers, usually retired ones, often circulate these pro-ams. John Terry, Gareth Bale and Jimmy Bullard are among the footballers who have swapped boots for golf shoes. A host of retired footballers compete in the Icons Series held at Robinswood Golf Club, which is a team event played between England and the rest of the world.
Some of them are in the field at the 2026 pro-am at Wentworth, which you can see below:
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But in the general celeb world, we wanted to know about the best celebrity golfers, the names that appear on our screens on a regular basis.
Golfers usually get swarmed by fans for autographs and pictures in pro-ams, as they are more relaxed events where the players afford more time for the fans. This is the same for the celebrities too.
Whether they are artists, actors or sports stars, they are followed like the Pied Piper. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is another example of how fans flock to a famous golf course to catch a glimpse of the most-revered stars. That particular pro-am is more US-centric and features several actors, NFL players and basketball figures too.
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So let’s take a look at the best celebrity golf handicaps from both the UK and across the pond. Do any of these handicap marks surprise you? Or have you come across these players at events or even at your club?
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Best celebrity golfers handicaps
Iona Stephen
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for: broadcasting and on-course reporting for Sky Sports
Georgia Ball
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for: coaching and sharing videos on social media
Travis Kelce
Handicap: 10
Famous for: Playing American football and being married to Taylor Swift
Jimmy Bullard
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for: being good at football and now golf
Dan Walker
Handicap: +2
Famous for: reading the news
Paddy McGuinness
Handicap: 18
Famous for: being on television
Tony Bellew
Handicap: 19
Famous for: becoming a boxing world champion and now, making an albatross on the 1st hole at Wentworth
Inci Mehmet
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for: broadcasting on Sky Sports
Vernon Kay
Handicap: 6
Famous for: being on television
Michael McIntyre
Handicap: 18
Famous for: telling jokes
Tom Holland
Handicap: 3
Famous for: playing Spiderman
Andy Murray
Handicap: 2
Famous for: winning three Grand Slam tennis titles
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Handicap: 22
Famous for: being an actor
Anton du Beke
Handicap: 0
Famous for: dancing and judging on Strictly Come Dancing
Denise Lewis
Handicap: 24
Famous for: winning gold for Great Britain
Ellie Skoog
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for: golf influencing on social media
Ben Stokes
Handicap: 4
Famous for: playing for and captaining England’s cricket team
Oliver Phelps
Handicap: 5
Famous for: playing George Weasley in Harry Potter
Gareth Southgate
Handicap: 18
Famous for: missing a penalty and coaching England
Tom Felton
Handicap: 15
Famous for: playing Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter
Andy Cole
Handicap: 10
Famous for: scoring goals
Steve Harmison
Handicap: 6
Famous for: playing cricket for England
Gary McAllister
Handicap: 4
Famous for: being good at football
Mick Fitzgerald
Handicap: 9
Famous for: riding horses
Ronan Keating
Handicap: 18
Famous for: singing
John Terry
Handicap: 6
Famous for: captaining England and Chelsea
Jamie O’Hara
Handicap: 4
Famous for: playing football and shouting down a microphone on the radio
Chris Forsyth
Handicap: 2
Famous for: performance coaching
Paul Scholes
Handicap: 2
Famous for: playing for Manchester United
Naga Munchetty
Handicap: 7
Famous for: presenting news on the BBC
Shola Ameobi
Handicap: 2
Famous for: being good at football
Justin Timberlake
Handicap: 4
Famous for: singing
Ryan Giggs
Handicap: 7
Famous: being good at football
Steph Curry
Handicap: +2
Famous for: playing basketball
Lee Dixon
Handicap: Scratch
Famous for being good at football
Mark Wahlberg
Handicap: 8
Famous for: acting
Robbie Fowler
Handicap: 4
Famous for: scoring goals for Liverpool
Bill Murray
Handicap: 7
Famous for: acting
Gareth Bale
Handicap: 1
Famous for: being good at football
Harry Kane
Handicap: 2
Famous for: being good at football and scoring goals for England
Ryan Sidebottom
Handicap: 16
Famous for: playing cricket for England
Joe Hart
Handicap: 11
Famous for: playing in goal for England
Brian Lara
Handicap: 5
Famous for: scoring loads of runs for the West Indies cricket team
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