MCB Tour Championship Pressbook 2022

10/21/22, 3:03 PM

Georgie Bingham: Why I love golf | Women & Golf

What's this about being a 'golf tragic'?! I don’t consider myself in a celebrity bracket, I am a journalist and a broadcaster. I have played with lots of proper celebrities and there is nothing better for me than playing with the greats of sport and entertainment in these amazing golf courses on the Legends Tour. The added element of the charities we play for means we are playing for a great reason. Andrew Strauss, the former England cricket captain, says I am a golf tragic. I’m totally obsessed with it. It’s that one shot that you hit, as purely and cleanly as Tiger Woods, as Annika Sorenstam, once a round that keeps you coming back. And also the fact you can improve.

I watch so much golf on TV. My poor, poor boyfriend. He now plays at least and so he doesn’t mind it being on in the background - until Sunday night when obviously one becomes fully immersed in it.

I try to have a lesson every three weeks. Last year my game sufered from being on the Legends Tour and not having enough lessons. I’ll play twice a week when I’m home - sometimes more, rarely less.

Quickfre questions... Funniest moment - I’ve seen Matthew Lorenzo, the former esteemed TV host, hit a ball in Bermuda 90 degrees of the frst and hit a gatepost. He’s beaten before he picks up a golf club, he’s the best person to play. He cries and he moans, it’s wonderful.

Memorable moment - The frst time I made an eagle at Aldeburgh. Three-iron of the tee then a fve-iron that with the wind behind and in winter went about 230 to within a foot. So satisfying.

Best round - Would have to be once when I played with Brian McFadden at Archerfeld, while terribly hungover and possibly still drunk. 7am. We were playing again that afternoon but we tore round and I’ve never played such great golf and thought I was going to break 80. The only hole I double-bogeyed was because we played through and I rushed.

Dream fourball - Tiger - nobody has the allure of him. Lee Trevino. Jack or Arnold… I’ll go for Arnold. RIP, a legend.

Non-golfers… Alister Petrie from Sex Education, Matt Lorenzo and ‘Beanie’, Catriona Matthew.

But really the answer is Sarah Stirk, Naga Munchetty and Sophie Walker - we holiday together once a year.

The Legends Tour will continue its expansion in 2022, culminating in back-to-back events at Constance Lemuria, Seychelles, and Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius, in December. For more information on playing with celebrities or Tour pros in the Legends Tour, visit legendstour.com .

* Chris Bertram is Golf World’s Top 100 Courses & Resorts editor and has played more than 500 courses worldwide.

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