Trading in Pigskins
for Golf Clubs
Packers players
such as
Aaron Rodgers,
Mason Crosby,
A.J. Hawk and
Donald Driver
also pursue golf
with a passion
By Rob Demovsky
The best golfers in team history have
come and gone – legendary quarterback
Brett Favre and former kicker Ryan
Longwell, who makes his off-season home
at the famed Isleworth Country Club near
Orlando, Fla., could beat any current
Packers’ player. But they left behind a love
for the game of golf at 1265 Lombardi Ave.,
where current quarterback Aaron Rodgers
and kicker Mason Crosby probably rate as
IN THE Nfl’S SMALLEST CITY, GREEN BAY, WIS., IT’S NOT UNCOMMON to see Packers players eating at local restaurants and shopping at area stores. Lately, they’ve been popping up at golf courses, too. The golf bug has spread – and spread quickly – in the locker room at
Lambeau Field.
the team’s top golfers these days.
Crosby plays to a
4 handicap, while
Rodgers carries a
5, and both work hard at
their golf games when they’re not trying to
get the Packers back to the Super Bowl.
“I love to play,” says Crosby, who has been
a member at Oneida Golf and Country Club
in Green Bay. “I’ve been playing for about
10 years pretty seriously, and the last few
years I feel like I’m finally
“Keeping your head behind the ball, staying smooth, working on tempo and making sure ach swing is the same each time – that goes for golf and kicking.” —Packers kicker Mason Crosby
COURTESY OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS
56 THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2010 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
