Gareth Bale To Play In PGA Tour Golf Event Weeks After Retiring From Soccer

Gareth Bale will compete in a PGA Tour golf event just weeks after retiring from professional soccer. Bale will play in February's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Robert Summerscales | Jan 24, 2023

Gareth Bale To Play In PGA Tour Golf Event Weeks After Retiring From Soccer /

Former Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has revealed that he will compete in a PGA Tour event just weeks after announcing his retirement from professional soccer.

Bale will play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California in February.

"Delighted to announce I will be playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at the start of next month! Let's go," Bale wrote on Instagram this week.

Bale called time on his soccer playing career on January 9, six weeks after he had captained Wales at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The 33-year-old's love for golf has been well documented in recent years.

Bale famously upset Real Madrid fans in 2019 when he was pictured with a banner that read: "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order".

He will be one of 156 amateurs in the field at Pebble Beach, while 156 professionals will also be in action.

Gareth Bale pictured at a golf event in Spain in 2021 :: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire/Oscar J. Barroso

Published Jan 24, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.