Gareth Bale explains why it “ 100% ” cannot become a professional golfer despite the disability to reduce the legend of Real Madrid and Wales since his retirement from football

• Welshman retired at the age of 33

• Authorized to spend more time on the course

• For the intention of continuing to play for pleasure

WHAT HAPPENED?

The five -time winner of the Champions League, which played the role of “ Galactico ” in the Spanish capital after having become the most expensive player on the planet in 2013, reached the top of world football – adorning the main club competitions as well as the European Championship and the World Cup.

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Overview

Bale retired at the age of 33, following a MLS spell with Lafc, with this decision being a surprise. However, the questions were asked for a while on how the Welshman was engaged in the last stages of his career.

Did you know?

He has never hidden his passion for golf, his schedule being authorized to spend more time on fairways. This allowed Bale to cut his handicap from “three or four” to only 0.1 – which suggests that it would be good enough to mingle with the pros.

What Bale said

This is not a path that Bale intends to follow, with BBC Sport A man who has already told the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am event on the PGA Tour: “I am entirely 100%, I cannot do it professionally.

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“When you are golf and you see professional golfers playing, compared to your best things, it’s far from being.

“No matter by playing with your friends, they do it under the most serious pressure, in tournament conditions, in difficult weather. So there will be no professional (golf) for me. But I like the game. I love to watch it, I love to make it grow.”

What to follow?

Bale has kept its links with football, with climbing opportunities. It is also part of a consortium which remains interested in ending a control of the Ligue 1 Cardiff City outfit.