Golf News: Prior to making his PGA Tour debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick has become the latest major winner to compliment Gareth Bale’s golfing ability.
With a pro-am format and 156 professionals and 156 amateurs competing across three renowned courses, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Bale is one of the event’s marquee players.
For the first three rounds of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in California, the former Tottenham and Real Madrid star, who just announced his retirement from football in January and is classified as having a handicap of two, has been teamed with former winner Joseph Bramlett.
All set for Pebble Beach! Great to play with you today @GarethBale11!! pic.twitter.com/iTenexTeqJ
— Matt Fitzpatrick (@MattFitz94) February 1, 2023
On Wednesday, Fitzpatrick—a devoted supporter of Sheffield United—played nine holes with Bale, who immediately gushed about the Welshman’s golfing prowess.
Playing with Bale, according to Fitzpatrick, was “very cool.” First time I’d ever met him in person. Seeing him was definitely pleasant. Excellent, excellent enjoyment.
“Asking him about football, and he’s asking me about golf and other things. There aren’t many better places to do it than here, and we had a really fun front nine.”
Following in the footsteps of Jon Rahm, who did the same thing before last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Fitzpatrick is the second major champion in as many weeks to play with Bale in a pro-am.
“I told Gareth, you can’t be that excellent at professional football and golf at the same time, it just doesn’t seem fair!” the Spaniard remarked at the time of Bale’s playing.
“Can’t have this much talent for golf and be committed to one thing, that’s not fair at all. You can tell that he adores golf and that he is eager to play a little bit more of the game.”
Fitzpatrick responded when asked if Bale was as excellent a player as Rahm had said. “I don’t know what Jon said, but yeah, he [Bale] is certainly a fantastic player,” he remarked. He clearly has a lot of talent. He certainly impressed me.
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