Andy Murray has been focusing on golf since retiring from tennis last year, setting himself a new challenge to become a scratch golfer and even work as a professional caddy. The two-time Wimbledon winner, 38, retired after the Paris Olympics and briefly coached Novak Djokovic for six months.
Murray has long harboured ambitions of becoming a golf caddy. In 2021, he told The Gentleman's Journal: "I love sport so something else that would interest me post-playing would be working in another sport. Being a caddy on a golf tour would be exciting." He reiterated this on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, calling it his "dream job" and naming Robert MacIntyre as his ideal golfer to work with.
Since retiring, Murray has taken part in multiple Pro-Am competitions, including partnering DP World Tour star Eddie Pepperell at the Alfred Dunhill Links Pro-Am in October. He has also taken his first golf lesson and is working to lower his handicap from two to scratch, though he has no plans to turn professional.
Murray joked that his wife Kim Sears is happy with his new hobby: "I don't think she wants me in the house all day bothering her. She's fine with it so long as I help drop-off and pick-up the kids." He also plans to enter regional qualifying for The Open for fun, but admits he has no chance of making the main event.
