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.”
Peter Crouch: “I would like to give a shout out to all the greenkeepers”
Crouch understands that when preparing to strike a half-volley on the football pitch or to hole a crucial putt on the golf course, the player is at the mercy of the pitch or green. That is why he is so appreciative of the quality of the surfaces that we get to play on these days.
