Best golfers from other sports
We rank some of the world’s best athletes who happen to be good at golf…
Gareth Bale
Sport: Football
Team: Real Madrid
Handicap: 5
The Welshman is golf fanatic and some Real Madrid fans even complained about him playing too much golf. Bale even has a mini course in his back garden in Wales which includes replicas of famous holes such as the the 12th at Augusta National, 17th at TPC Sawgrass and 8th at Royal Troon.
Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.