Barely a year after hanging up his tennis racket, three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray is making waves in another sport as the tennis legend has enjoyed an amazing few weeks on the golf course.<\/p>\n
Former world No 1 Murray<\/a> retired from tennis last August with his last-ever professional tournament the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a> at Roland Garros, but instead of disappearing from the sporting world, the two-time Wimbledon champion has switched his focus to golf and has fallen in love with the sport.<\/p>\n And he is not just playing for fun as he has impressed many golfing pundits with the speed with which his handicap has dropped from 20 to single figures inside a year.<\/p>\n There have been several highs on the greens as he drained an incredible eagle putt from the Valley of Sin on the par-4 18th hole at St Andrews in late August.<\/p>\n Not long after, he made another 18th hole eagle, this time on the par-5 closer at Wentworth in the BMW PGA Championship and last week he played in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where he partnered Eddie Pepperell to a top 20 finish in the team competition.<\/p>\n The tennis great chatted to Tennis365.com after his round at Wentworth as he discussed swapping his tennis racket for golf clubs, playing with former Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale and the difference between tennis and golf crowds.<\/p>\n Having turned professional in 2004, Murray enjoyed two full decades in tennis, and he reached the very top as he won three majors, reached No 1 in the ATP Rankings and won two gold medals in the singles at the Olympics.<\/p>\n Now aged 38, Murray is starting over and he admits that although both are individual sports, it\u2019s completely different.<\/p>\n \u201cI like that in golf you have time in between shots to reflect and calm down. In tennis, your heart rate can get extremely high, you play a long point, an important point, and the tension builds and builds,\u201d he told Tennis365.com.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, the hard part about golf is not in-between shots, it\u2019s when you\u2019re standing over the ball, making sure not too many thoughts creep into your head and actually just getting the club moving properly. That\u2019s the hard part.\u201d<\/p>\n Murray featured on the biggest stages in tennis as he played on Wimbledon\u2019s famous Centre Court, Arthur Ashe at the US Open, Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros and Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n Ewan West: Why Federer & Zverev\u2019s controversial Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner theory doesn\u2019t make sense<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kevin Palmer: Jasmine Paolini reveals Jannik Sinner advice \u2013 and why she felt obliged to follow it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n He has also had his fair share of hostile crowds so how do tennis spectators compare to golf crowds?<\/p>\n \u201cWell, the crowd aren\u2019t in danger when I\u2019m playing tennis, for one thing!\u201d he said jokingly. \u201cIn tennis, there were times when the crowd became a norm and others when I used it to my advantage.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gave me positive energy, an adrenaline rush. In golf I\u2019m more aware that there are people watching because you might do something embarrassing, to be honest. I\u2019m more fearful of golf crowds than tennis ones, but that\u2019s because of what I might do wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n Murray\u2019s short golfing career has already seen him rub shoulders with another sporting legend as he played with Welsh great Bale, but the football star is in a different league.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve played with him a few times socially. He\u2019s a member at Wentworth and we message each other on a group chat with another couple of guys,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been playing for a very long time and I think he played a lot when he was playing football as well. He\u2019s a very good golfer. I enjoy playing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Following his retirement in 2024, Murray made a quick transition from tennis player to tennis coach as he was appointed fellow great Novak Djokovic\u2019s interim coach. They had limited success with Djokovic finishing runner-up at his year\u2019s Miami Open and not long after it was announced that Murray\u2019s stint had come to an end<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really miss it. I drove past Wimbledon a few times during the Championships and thought it would be nice to still be playing, but that was it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cNot before and not since. It\u2019s the same with coaching. There were bits of it that I liked, but right now I don\u2019t want to be on the road. I just don\u2019t want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Andy Murray reveals why he is fearful of golf crowds and if he misses tennis in exclusive<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barely a year after hanging up his tennis racket, three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray is making waves in another sport as the tennis legend has enjoyed an amazing few weeks on the golf course. 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