Peter Crouch’s football career took him to Liverpool, Aston Villa, Southampton, Spurs and Stoke – and he won 42 caps for England, scoring 22 goals.
Since retiring in 2019 at the age of 38, his That Peter Crouch Podcast has become a huge hit and he is a regular summariser and pundit on TV and radio.
Throughout his life, Crouch has always been a keen golfer, and now he has the time to play more than ever before.
He is a member at Oundle, near Peterborough, and has a keen appreciation of the work done by sports turf professionals to help him enjoy his sport to the maximum.
“There are two sports that I really, really love,” he said. “Football, growing up, was my life, and now I absolutely love golf.
“Without the greenkeepers and the groundsmen, certainly at grassroots level, we wouldn’t have anything to play on. I absolutely love going out there, especially with golf now – the greens are absolutely immaculate.
“You think about the amount of balls that are hit into them day in and day out – not from me, but from good golfers! – and they are always immaculate. It’s a great job they do and they make it incredibly enjoyable for the rest of us.”
