Sir Andy Murray: I want to become a golf caddie

Sir Andy Murray has revealed a surprising new career goal as he adjusts to life after professional tennis – becoming a golf caddie.

Since retiring at the Paris Olympics last year, Murray has signed new endorsement deals, taken part in a theatre tour and coached Novak Djokovic for six months. He has also spent plenty of time on the golf course, which has led to a bright idea about his next move.

“I’m considering becoming a golf caddie,” Murray said on The Romesh Ranganathan Show. “For who?” asked Ranganathan. “Hopefully a professional golfer at some stage,” he replied with bone-dry wit evidently still intact.

“I love golf and I think if you love that sport I think it would be a great job. If you were working with a top golfer and being there when they were having a great moment on the course and feeling like you can help a little bit with decisions, I think it would be a brilliant job.”

If he fulfilled his ambition, Murray conceded he may be a distraction at first, given that caddies are inherently support staff to the stars of the sport. “Anything new, people would probably get quite excited about that. But after a while, it just becomes the norm,” he said. He also named fellow Scot Bob MacIntyre, world No 7, as his dream employer.

The two-time Wimbledon champion took part in the BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am at Wentworth in September, part of a post-retirement project to reach a scratch handicap, having previously played off seven.

Murray was down to two by the time of that tournament, when Telegraph Sport’s golf correspondent James Corrigan assessed his swing: “As well as rectifying the foot flare, Murray could do with more rotation, but the hip replacement probably impedes that mission. Should be scratch by this time next year.”

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