It’s like watching David Beckham bend one with his right foot and Roberto Carlos doing it with his other foot.”
It is perhaps unsurprising that Peter Odemwingie reaches for a football analogy when explaining his love for a graceful golf shot, given the success the former Premier League star had in the penalty area before swapping it for the fairway.The 43-year-old scored 36 league goals for West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Cardiff City during a six-year spell in England’s top flight, as well as winning 65 caps and an Olympic silver medal with Nigeria.
But now Odemwingie is a new member of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) – an organisation with roots dating back to 1901 – and he has big ambitions for himself and his country.