On the morning of January 15, 2022, Beijing time, according to the Sports Channel of ShowTime TELEVISION in the United States, Mexican boxing superstar Saul Alvarez has accepted an invitation to participate in the AT&T Pebble Beach Professional Golf Masters Tournament held in Pebble Beach on the west coast of the United States.
It can be seen that Sur Avarez has no plans to return to the ring in the short term, so he will put away his boxing gloves and try to swing the golf club. Of the 22 socialites invited to participate, Sur Avarez is the only boxer, and the entire AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Golf Masters Will begin on January 31, 2022 and end on February 6, 2022.
At its peak, the Pro Golf Masters had 156 participants, each of whom was paired with a pro golfer. Then race on three fields: Pebble Beach Golf Course, Telescope Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club. After completing three rounds of competition at three venues, the best 25 pairs of players will compete in the finals at Pebble Beach Golf Course.
Sur Avarez, 32, is not a rookie in golf, but instead played at two Celebrity Golf Championships in 2020. In June, Sur Avarez even won the BMW Cup Charity Race in Greer, South Carolina, USA. In addition, in May last year, after defeating Billy Joe Sanders to win the WBO Super MiddleWeight World Champion title, Sur Avarez also participated in the U.S. Golf Championship of the Century and the Nevada Masters, ranking in the middle of the crowd.
After announcing his participation, Sur Avarez also admitted to reporters that his love of golf had reached the point of obsession.
Sur Avarez told reporters: "No matter how busy I am, I will insist on golf training, usually 2-3 hours a day. It can be said that my grades are good. And probably I'll take more time to practice golf after I retire. ”
Golf is considered by many to be an elegant sport. However, there are many professional boxers who love this elegant sport, and some of them have achieved very good results. The most famous is the former WBO heavyweight world champion, South African Coryl Sanders, the former heavyweight world champion who played professional golf for a period of time after retiring and achieved very good results, and even won several international championships.
In 2012, Coryl Sanders was shot dead in South Africa, and in honor of the former heavyweight world boxer, the Corey Sanders Foundation, named After Coryr Sanders, hosted a professional golf tournament called Corey Sanders, which consisted of two separate tournaments – the IGT Tour Individual Professional Championship and the IGT Tour, a team golf tournament paired with an amateur player. Sur Avarez was also interested in participating in the tournament to show off his talent in golf.
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