“Well, I’ve been playing golf for only a year and a half,” Cespedes told the New York Daily News. “Some people who have been playing golf for years learn that I’ve only played a year and a half, they can’t believe it and they say, ‘Incredible.’ I’ve been thinking about it — if there is an opportunity to play professionally later, maybe not PGA, but I would like to play golf professionally.”
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Playing professional golf, for whatever reason, seems to be something other athletes think is easily attainable, or attainable at all.
Michael Jordan tried to play after his basketball career ended and his baseball dream died. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is a scratch golfer who has come close to qualifying for the U.S. Open on several occasions, but even he gave up the game this offseason citing football as his better option.
Cespedes will also need to drastically improve his swing if he’s going to tee it up on Sundays as a professional anytime soon.
The Mets slugger will be a free agent at the end of the season and said Friday that he’d like his next contract to be the last one he signs. Maybe he has golf on his mind.
