{"id":733047,"date":"2026-08-10T02:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733047\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:12:11","slug":"four-chelsea-players-join-xabi-alonso-for-a-round-of-golf-at-former-liv-golf-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733047\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Chelsea players join Xabi Alonso for a round of golf at former LIV Golf venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have just finished their extraordinary pre-season tour of Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have played five matches under new manager Xabi Alonso, including Tottenham, Juventus and AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>While they have focused on football and implementing Alonso\u2019s tactics, the players and coaches have had plenty of free time.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard joined four players and two staff members for a round of golf in Hong Kong earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2288343487-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea v Juventus - Pre-Season Friendly\" \/>Photo by Yu Chun Christopher Wong\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty ImagesThe Chelsea players who joined Xabi Alonso on the golf course<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/xabi-alonso\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"309\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xabi Alonso<\/a> played golf with four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/chelsea-fc\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"62439\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> players this week: Pedro Neto, Liam Delap, Levi Colwill and Teddy Sharman-Lowe.<\/p>\n<p>They were also joined by head of recruitment Sam Jewell and head of global goalkeeping Ben Roberts at an iconic venue.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea staff played at Hong Kong Golf Club, which has hosted many professional tournaments, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/liv-golf\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf<\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p>The golf club\u2019s official social media channels posted pictures of the Chelsea stars enjoying their round at the famous course.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were delighted to host players and staff from Chelsea Football Club yesterday, including new manager and Spanish playing legend Xabi Alonso, for a post-match round at Fanling!\ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Oa61oLXez\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8Oa61oLXez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hong Kong Golf Club (@hkgolfclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hkgolfclub\/status\/2085574895996711327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were delighted to host players and staff from Chelsea Football Club yesterday,\u201d they posted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany thanks to the reigning Club World Cup champions for visiting and to Xabi, a good friend of 2001 Hong Kong Open champion Jose Maria Olazabal, for presenting our general manager Daniel O\u2019Neill with a signed shirt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest of luck for the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Football players often play golf in their spare time; the only surprise was that more Chelsea stars did not participate.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Chelsea have just finished their extraordinary pre-season tour of Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[219,5904,11769,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-chelsea","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733047","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=733047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}