Andy Murray has been backed by the World No.9 golfer Ludvig Aberg to potentially make a switch towards golf as he continues to hone his skills post tennis.
Murray is the latest sportsman who has decided to spend a lot of time on the golf course since his retirement and his supposed current handicap is as low as 1.9. He could yet find himself able to enter qualifying for professional tournaments if he manages to get it down to 0.4.
Having pedigree anyway at swinging and hitting due to playing tennis, Murray has followed Rafael Nadal in having the technique on the green as well as the court. Speaking in a recent YouTube video and an interview with the Daily Mail, he was asked to critique Murray’s golf swing and found little fault with it.
Especially given in Murray’s case he has spent all of his career playing tennis and has only really given golf a go since he has retired and spends most of his time on the golf course nowadays.
Murray had a stint coaching Novak Djokovic which he remarked he would do again but also that he had issues adapting to giving feedback. Well Aberg gave his feedback.
“He brings it up really nicely with the hands,” said Aberg. “The club face is quite neutral, so it’s not going to be biased whether he hits a draw or a fade. Considering it’s someone who played tennis at this level, it’s pretty stinking good.
“In any sport or any profession, whether it’s golf or tennis or something else, you need to spend time on it. The technique of golf is quite tricky, naturally, so you do need to spend a lot of time on it.”
“Hey, that swing was really good! Like it was really, really good! Man, I was impressed! They told us to be as honest as we can but I just didn’t know what to say. I think he’s going to be able to play really good golf in the future.”