{"id":207207,"date":"2025-10-12T09:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207207\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:54:12","slug":"andy-murrays-five-word-comment-to-partner-after-golf-tournament-speaks-volumes-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/207207\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray\u2019s five-word comment to partner after golf tournament speaks volumes about him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Murray made his debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship this past weekend, with the two-time Wimbledon champion teaming up with English golfer Eddie Pepperell<\/p>\n

Fasika Zelealem Senior Sports Reporter <\/p>\n

10:30, 12 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

\"EddieEddie Pepperell picked Murray’s brain at the Alfred Dunhill(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

English golfer Eddie Pepperell has revealed the genuine side of Andy Murray<\/a> following their partnership at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The tennis legend made his first appearance at the golfing event <\/a>over the weekend.<\/p>\n

He took part in the Amateur Team Championship, which sees 168 professional golfers join forces with amateur players. The three-time Grand Slam winner played alongside Pepperell, wrapping up proceedings with a total of -23 following three rounds.<\/p>\n

Murray, 38, earned widespread admiration for his showing in the pro-am tournament, with his putting prowess particularly catching the eye of spectators.<\/p>\n

Pepperell, a two-time victor on the European Tour, discussed his time on the course with the double Olympic gold medallist during an appearance on The Chipping Forecast<\/a> podcast, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He disclosed how a brief five-word comment from Murray demonstrated just how genuine the Scottish sporting hero truly is. “I’ve never been particularly high-octane on a Thursday or Friday, even a Sunday at times,” the 34-year-old said.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Andy Murray’s private claim about what he did wrong as tennis career came to an end<\/a>READ MORE: Andy Murray fooled his kids he’s turned professional in new sport after retirement<\/a><\/p>\n

“Andy did say something really nice, we came off at Kingsbarns and I was bit disappointed with my two-under-par and he said, ‘How did you think that went’, and I said, ‘Oh it was okay, some good, some bad’, and he just looked at me and said, ‘I thought you were awesome’.<\/p>\n

“It was a really genuine, sweet moment and he was a great partner honestly, it was an unusual partner because it actually felt like I was partnering up with a professional. His level of focus and concentration and his standard too, he was very good.”<\/p>\n

\"FormerAndy Murray has sunk his teeth into golf since retiring from tennis last year(Image: Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Since hanging up his tennis racket last August, Murray has taken part in several pro-am golf<\/a> events and has even set his sights on qualifying for The Open Championship<\/a> in 2027.<\/p>\n

However, he acknowledges that this ambitious goal can only be achieved if he significantly improves his golfing skills by then. In a chat with The Times<\/a> last month, he revealed: “A couple of my friends who are very good golfers have done it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If I can improve enough, I think it would be a fun thing to do. “I played in the club championships at Beaverbrook a few months ago and I loved it.<\/p>\n

\"AndyThe 38-year-old will work to boost his chances of qualifying for The Open Championship in 2027(Image: Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“It was the most fun I’d had playing golf and the more I play, the less I enjoy just playing socially. I don’t know if I’ll be capable of entering, but I want to try and play in a few more events.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been pretty amazed at how willing the pros are to help because spending five hours with people who are hacking it around probably isn’t that enjoyable.”<\/p>\n

Murray called time on his illustrious tennis career last year after 19 years as a professional. He captured two Wimbledon titles and one US Open triumph and contested in a total of 11 major finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Murray made his debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship this past weekend, with the two-time Wimbledon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[7578,49,48,622,82,593,3749],"class_list":{"0":"post-207207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-andy-murray","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-the-open-championship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}