Many professional athletes in other sports enjoy hitting the links and enjoying a round of golf in their spare time. Former MLB star Johnny Damon is no different.
Former MLB star Johnny Damon on Friday CBS Sports joins the 2023 PGA Show and talked about his love for the game of golf, and how that love grew when he was playing baseball professionally.
Damon said, “Well, I can’t play baseball forever and hopefully I can play golf for a long time.” “I just enjoy the camaraderie with the boys because we had it as friends for so many years when I was playing baseball. And now it’s on the golf course. We go out and have as much fun as we can.
“I know a lot of people take this game too seriously. I never will. I always want to do well, I always want to have fun. I’m not getting paid to play this game, so I I want to have as much fun.” as possible.”
Damon explained that he began playing golf early in his baseball career with the Kansas City Royals. Although he did not get much chance to play during the season. Instead, he played golf during spring training, more so when he was with the Boston Red Sox as an established veteran without the pressure of making the ball club.
Damon played 18 seasons in the majors, splitting time between the Royals, Red Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Cleveland. He retired from the sport back in 2012.
