Tennis players who also play golf?

[diggler]

Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting is off a handicap of one and is tipped to go on the golf circuit.

[GS]

Well, there's also the sport of Speed Golf, which was invented in 1979. You carry a limit of 6 clubs and run like heck between your shots. Your score is totalled with the lowest combination of strokes and time runned. Usually, this amounts to 5 miles of running after 18 holes.

[Jeebs]

Originally Posted by diggler

A pro tennis player won a golf tournament. I'd be surprised if a pro golfer could take a point off a pro tennis player.

Sergio Garcia is supposedly pretty good at tennis. Think Nadal says in his book they play sometimes.

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

Originally Posted by diggler

Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting is off a handicap of one and is tipped to go on the golf circuit.

I can vouch for this, My sister plays with his mother a fair bit, guy is a phenomenal athlete, could have been a pro footballer if his cricket career hadn't taken off so early.

[LeeD]

I think in golf, you can concentrate on your own swing and the course. The golf balls are on YOUR side....meaning you can choose faster, slower, deader, or livelier.
In tennis, your competition is the opposing player, the court somewhat (wind, sun, temps), yourself, but also a moving ball, which can sometimes overpower your sense's ability to process all that information in time to react.
Just more different factors in tennis, and you can't control the pace of the game.

[Overheadsmash]

I played golf for thirty years, then switched to tennis three and a half years ago. Have an 8 handicap in golf, and am already sitting at between a 3.5 and 4.0 in tennis. The golf swing is a lot like the tennis forehand. Weight is back, and weight has to transfer forward. Except in golf, you are not stepping in like in a good tennis stroke, you arer just moving your weight onto your left side (if right handed). In both golf and tennis, you need a good shoulder turn.

Like in tennis, in golf you have to groove your stroke. Also like in tennis, proper technique is critical if you ever want to play at a high level. Lastly, hand-eye coordination helps in both sports.

[LeeD]

I think it's much harder to compensate for different spins in tennis than it is to compensate for different lies in golf.
Plus, the opponent is not in groove with what you are trying to do.