Golf. It’s the ‘other’ sport so many elite athletes turn to to escape the rigours of their chosen professional career — and some get really, really good at it.— spoke to some of the stars whose talent extends from the footy field to the fairways, delving a little deeper into what the sport means to them.Halfback Chad Townsend is among a crop North Queensland Cowboys players who are both keen, and very handy, on the golf course .
Spending hours on a golf course on top of the training demands of professional sport might seem tiresome for some, but for others, like Townsend, it’s therapeutic. “I like to think in regards to routine, short routine, putting, your swing overall. I used to liken it to your goal kicking,” he said. “... And Val .... he can come up pretty clutch in circumstances. Talking about the crossover and how many times he’s come up clutch in games.The in-form Aussie who could ‘streak the field’Another caught firmly in the midst of the golfing grip, Collingwood champion Steele Sidebottom, has broken a golden individual rule.
Sidebottom, an avid watcher of golf who will be tuning into the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky, is among a large cohort of golfing footballers.in 2019 by former top-line cricketer Brett Geeves, Goddard played to a handicap of +3 on the testing Melbourne sandbelt layouts. He was also a regular player partner of 2006 US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy.
Sidebottom, who played as a kid at the Shepparton Golf Club in regional Victoria, is a member of Green Acres Golf Club in Kew but plays with his Magpie mates at Southern Golf Club. “It is a funny story. I was on the piss one night and I was speaking to Ryan Papenhuyzen and he is on a golf handicap app,” he said.
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