William Byron ended a successful 2025 Cup Series season with a Championship 4 appearance at Phoenix Raceway. His run in the finale was not enough to make him champion, but it still reinforced his status as one of the best in the field. Now, with racing paused for a few months, Byron is looking to get better at other things.<\/p>\n
Several NASCAR drivers have a strong interest in golf, and Byron is one of them. The 27-year-old said during a press meet at Phoenix that he was in a good headspace about the hobby and that he hoped to keep that going during the offseason.<\/p>\n
Byron said<\/a>, \u201cI usually \u2014 if I look at my camera roll, I\u2019m usually working on golf from November to February the most.\u201d<\/p>\n Revealing just exactly how good he is at golf at the moment, Byron admitted, \u201cI\u2019m like an 8.4 right now. Not too bad. It could always be better. I don\u2019t know. I feel like when you play with people, though, you want to be a high handicap. You want to overdeliver.\u201d <\/p>\n The Hendrick Motorsports<\/a> driver has quite a few friends he often plays with. Since his home course is closed right now, he tags along to the courses they use and makes sure his skills do not get rusty.<\/p>\n At times, Byron\u2019s involvement transcends the line between golf being just a hobby and another potential career path. This was evident from his words earlier in the season, when he said<\/a>, \u201cI play it pretty often. I try to play weekly. I probably went through three or four months last year where I didn\u2019t play much during the racing season. <\/p>\n \u201cBut I try to play pretty often and go to the range a couple of times a week if I can. I\u2019ve played pretty seriously since I was 18.\u201d<\/p>\n A brief recap of Byron\u2019s Cup Series season<\/p>\n