Cover drivers!

November 11, 2008

We all know that footballers enjoy a round or seven of golf during their time off, but what about cricketers? Are they as handy with their clubs as they are with the bat?

Let’s find out..

Name: Sir Ian Botham
Age: 52
Handicap: 7
Info: Beefy runs The ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic’ series.

 

Name: Shane Warne
Age: 38
Handicap: 11
Info: Apparently Warne used to wind up opposition by claiming that he would be ‘playing golf’ on the Test’s fifth day.

 

Name: Ricky Ponting
Age: 33
Handicap: 1
Info: Ponting is good mates with Aussie golfer Adam Scott, who reckons that Ponting could go pro when he hangs up his bat!

 

Name: Geoffrey Boycott
Age: 67
Handicap: 12
Info: Geoff is so keen to reduce his handicap that he’s installed an all-weather green at his Channel Island home.

Geoffrey enjoys a round

 

Name: Paul Collingwood
Age: 32
Handicap: 4
Info: The all rounder once hit a 69 at Loch Lomond, and reckons he is the best golfer in the England set up.

Colly find the funny side