Welsh talisman Gareth Bale has limited his action on the golf simulator in the Wales camp as he hopes to be fighting fight to face Iran in their second World Cup match tomorrow.
Bale had taken to a simulator in order to keep his swing ticking over as manager Rob Page previously banned the 33-year-old from getting in 18 holes during the tournament – which is more condensed than usual – in order to keep the superstar fresh during the country's first World Cup in 64 years.
“When he has a swing he is very good. He hasn’t played as much closer to the game because his back might be feeling it a little bit.”
The Los Angeles FC winger lent his support to Wales’ Cazoo Open in 2021 while also becoming a global ambassador for the R&A earlier this year.
His love for the game has got him into some bother in the past, most notably when he and his fellow teammates held up a banner that read ‘Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order’ after they qualified for Euro 2020, with this causing even more tension at club side Real Madrid.
