Celebrity golfers

Mister Sifter

There's a whole host of celebs who play golf. Anyone know if many of them are any good?

Which ones have the best handicaps?

Didn't the footballer Julian Dicks have a bash at the pro scene after he retired from kicking people, er i mean playing football?

kagni

Kenny G the saxophone player is off a + hcp I think.
Adam Baldwin and Michael Jordan are both low handicappers.

Trampas

Ivan Lendal played in the Czech Open a couple of years ago.

stephenoleary

Bill Murray was a member of the course I worked at in the US. I caddied for him a bunch of times and he was a decent 8 handicapper.

He hit the ball a way off the tee and was a handy putter.

The only thing was he NEVER took it seriously. He would spend most of the time winding up the other players - he was a cool guy to work for, but you could never see him winning any sort of Am-Am or Pro-Am....

Adiaga 2

A lot of people I've never heard of but here's some "rankings"..

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/musicians

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/hollywoodrankings1_gd2005

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/2007/athleterankings_gd2007

mag

alice cooper plays off 6

mag

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

A lot of people I've never heard of but here's some "rankings"..

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/musicians

Dennis Quaid 1.1 Improved from 4.5 to 1.1 in four months

wtf!!

DonkeyPokerTour

Based on his swing I believe Charles Barkley is off a + handycap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9uWOURlQPs&feature=related

markie4

Jimmy Bullard, ex of Fulham plays off scratch apparently, but then he's injured quite a lot so has plenty of time to work on his game.
Think I remember seeing somewhere that Lee Dixon was scratch or maybe off 1.
Definitely remember reading that Shevchenko spent more time playing golf than football while at Chelsea

brick tamland

Cant think of the lads name but ex QPR striker turned pro. Think he played Dunhill cup a few tears back

Roy Wegerly maybe

Mister Sifter

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Based on his swing I believe Charles Barkley is off a + handycap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9uWOURlQPs&feature=related

That's totally textbook!!

conno16

i've seen ronan keating and that duffy bloke from boyzone playing at roganstown a few times
keating plays a tight game - might not have real power but rarely misses a fairway

Mister Sifter

markie4 wrote: »

Definitely remember reading that Shevchenko spent more time playing golf than football while at Chelsea

He played a quick 5 holes then?

1916

Alan Hansen plays off 3

Mister Sifter

Bob Dylan is apparently off 16, but keen.

According to Howdidido, there's a keith Duffy playing there... handicap 28. No sign of any Keating though, although something runs in my head that he's a member in Malahide.

Kenny Dalglish is a keen golfer too... think he could be 7 or so.

Michael Douglas, Zeta Jones and Jodie Kidd and all those lot play too i think.

BunkerMentality

Didn't Evgeni Kafelnikov enter into the Russian Open last year as an amateur? Think there was an old ice hockey player in there as well (Kovalev?)

yep, here it is:
http://scores.europeantour.com/default.sps?eventid=2008062&ieventno=2008062&infosid=2&pagegid=%7B9FFD4839-08EC-4F90-85A2-10F94D42CDB2%7D&optsel=r2pos

Kafelnikov +25 after 2 rounds, Kovalev +40

They were mostly there to sucker a few russians into watching golf I suppose...

conno16

bob dylan the singer??
didn't see that one coming

jonas7

Fairly sure i read somewhere that Justin Timberlake plays off 6 and rugby player Matt Dawson plays off 7

markie4

1916 wrote: »

Alan Hansen plays off 3

Hansen was off a low handicap even as a teenager, and apparently it was a choice whether he'd concentrate on golf or football. He hasn't done too badly.

Justin Timberlake plays to about 6 (US H'cap), hosts his own tournament is coached by Butch harmon and is sponsored by Callaway....so he's doing ok I guess

kagni

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Based on his swing I believe Charles Barkley is off a + handycap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9uWOURlQPs&feature=related

There's a show on the Golf Channel where Hank Haney (Tiger's coach) tries to fix his swing.
He takes practice swings fine just has the yips when he tries to hit the ball.

thegen

What about our home grown celebs????????????/

Finbar Furey avid golfer, Barry Murphy (Apres Match) not sure if they qualify;)

PhilipMarlowe

D.J. Carey plays off 4 or 5 I think... played a few holes with him last summer. He has a lovely swing and seemed to have a very tidy game... had one of those mickleson style (blade with a shaft at the end) putters that we'd all love to be able to use
Legend.

Blunder

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Bob Dylan is apparently off 16, but keen.

According to Howdidido, there's a keith Duffy playing there... handicap 28. No sign of any Keating though, although something runs in my head that he's a member in Malahide.

Kenny Dalglish is a keen golfer too... think he could be 7 or so.

Michael Douglas, Zeta Jones and Jodie Kidd and all those lot play too i think.

Ronan Keating was leading the amatuer at the Dunhill Links yoke this year for a while. Samuel L Jackson i think has a thing written into his movie contracts that he has to get off for a certain number of rounds of golf for the duration of the Filming.

f22

Blunder wrote: »

Ronan Keating was leading the amatuer at the Dunhill Links yoke this year for a while.

Maybe he might quit the singing so.

thegen

conno16 wrote: »

i've seen ronan keating and that duffy bloke from boyzone playing at roganstown a few times
keating plays a tight game - might not have real power but rarely misses a fairway

I wonder who Conno16 is?????????????????????????????????

thegen

conno16 wrote: »

bob dylan the singer??
didn't see that one coming

Maybe he does'nt play with Ro and that Duffy fella:rolleyes:

madds

markie4 wrote: »

Justin Timberlake plays to about 6 (US H'cap), hosts his own tournament is coached by Butch harmon and is sponsored by Callaway....so he's doing ok I guess

Got stuck behind this due and his entourage a couple of years back in the K-Club. Took us 1 hour to play 3 holes, 5.5 hours for 18. The number of high fives etc. that were going on when they holed a 2-foot putt was laughable. Should be barred from every course in the land.

1916

Licksy wrote: »

D.J. Carey plays off 4 or 5 I think... played a few holes with him last summer. He has a lovely swing and seemed to have a very tidy game... had one of those mickleson style (blade with a shaft at the end) putters that we'd all love to be able to use
Legend.

Correct, off 5
Niall Quinn offf 3
Bill Cullen off 18
Dermot Desmond off 11
Ben Dunne off 16
Gerard Kean off 17
Martin McAleese off 16
Fran Rooney off 28
Michael Smurfit off 22
John Treacy off 24

Just look up the K Club handicap listing, not saying above are celebrities, but are 'known'

kenco

On the rugger front I think O'Connell was very handy as a junior and was down to something like 5 or 6

Also Conor O'Shea was a hell of a golfer as a junior (5 or 6) again was a contempary of a certain P Harrington in Stackstown (I hear he has gone on to better things)

kenco

Just remembered another one

Nigel Mansell was a + player at one stage and competed in the Aus Open one year

1967

kenco wrote: »

Just remembered another one

Nigel Mansell was a + player at one stage and competed in the Aus Open one year

And owns or did woodbury park golf course in the uk as well.

Jayme101

Blunder wrote: »

Ronan Keating was leading the amatuer at the Dunhill Links yoke this year for a while. Samuel L Jackson i think has a thing written into his movie contracts that he has to get off for a certain number of rounds of golf for the duration of the Filming.

Yeah Ronan was in first place after 2 days of play he was partnering Graeham
Storm, they were in the top 10 at the end of the tornament. Ian Botham is a good player too, also Hugh Grant likes a game he was at Dunhill as well as Hughie Lewis and Don Henley from the Eagles.

PhilipMarlowe

The boy can play...

Sligored

Westlife
shane filan is a very active member in strandhill and plays off 15. He loves a couple of pints in the clubhouse after his round and nobody ever treats him different. Kian egan played when he was younger there and his dad plays(but is ill at present)get well soon kevin. also mark feehilys dad plays in strandhill.