{"id":256052,"date":"2025-11-11T02:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256052\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T02:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:55:09","slug":"andy-murray-sets-sight-on-new-career-venture-in-sport-following-tennis-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256052\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray sets sight on new career venture in sport following tennis retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life after tennis has taken an unexpected turn for Andy Murray, who’s found himself completely hooked on golf since hanging up his racket following the Paris Olympics last year. <\/p>\n

The three-time Grand Slam winner has thrown himself into his new passion with typical intensity, dedicating hours each week to improving his game on the course.<\/p>\n

It turns out the former world number one has been participating in celebrity pro-am events, including September’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club.<\/p>\n

While there’s been chatter about him attempting to qualify for The Open, Murray’s been quick to dismiss those rumours, acknowledging the massive gap between amateur and professional standards.<\/p>\n

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Andy Murray has his sights set on becoming a golf caddie<\/p>\n

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Murray’s latest sporting ambition might raise a few eyebrows – he’s seriously thinking about becoming a professional golf caddy.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, the former Wimbledon champion revealed he’s been mulling over this unusual career move following his brief stint coaching Novak Djokovic earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“I love golf and if you love that sport, it would be a great job,” Murray explained during the podcast.<\/p>\n

He reckons being there for a top golfer’s big moments and helping with on-course decisions would be “brilliant”.<\/p>\n

The Scot doesn’t think his celebrity status would overshadow whoever he’d work with, suggesting any initial excitement would quickly become normal.<\/p>\n

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Murray’s got his sights set on one particular player – fellow Scot Robert MacIntyre.<\/p>\n

“That’s like the dream,” he admitted, getting properly excited about the prospect. The idea of being on MacIntyre’s bag when he wins The Open Championship? That’s what Murray calls “the dream job”.<\/p>\n

It’s quite something hearing the competitive former tennis star talk about supporting someone else’s glory rather than chasing his own.<\/p>\n

But Murray seems genuinely thrilled by the thought of being part of a major golfing triumph, especially if it means helping another Scottish sportsman achieve something special on home soil.<\/p>\n

The competitive streak that made Murray a champion clearly hasn’t disappeared in retirement.<\/p>\n

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Andy Murray has since taken up golf after retiring from tennis<\/p>\n

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During his appearance on Ranganathan’s podcast, the two-time Olympic gold medallist couldn’t resist some mini table tennis action – and it didn’t go to plan.<\/p>\n

After mocking the comedian’s technique when he hit the ball too hard, Murray immediately did exactly the same thing on the next point. <\/p>\n

“I couldn’t believe it,” he admitted, covering his face in embarrassment after his trash talk backfired spectacularly.<\/p>\n

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Things got worse when Murray lost the deciding point, sending the ball into the net. His response? A theatrical exit from the room, joking “I think I’ve got to leave guys” after the crushing defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Life after tennis has taken an unexpected turn for Andy Murray, who’s found himself completely hooked on golf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[2331,217,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-256052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}