{"id":248587,"date":"2026-06-26T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/andy-murray-eased-off-golf-after-back-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:20:11","slug":"andy-murray-eased-off-golf-after-back-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/andy-murray-eased-off-golf-after-back-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray eased off golf after back injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-06-26\" datetime=\"1782487211\" pubdate=\"\">26 June 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/andy-murray\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,andy-murray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Murray<\/a> has blamed &#8220;hitting too many golf balls&#8221; for his debilitating back injury.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Andy Murray hurt his back playing golf<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old sportsman took up golf after retiring from professional tennis in 2024 and previously confessed to spending five to six hours a day working on his swing.<\/p>\n<p>But Murray has to take it easier these days after injury forced him off the green for two months because he was practicing his swing far too much.<\/p>\n<p>He told Telegraph Sport: \u201cI got injured. I missed about two months of golf from the end of April through till the end of May. It was just hitting too many golf balls, so I had to have an injection in my back, which has actually helped me to start playing again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although Andy is taking it easier now, he&#8217;s very happy with how his golf game has improved over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;I\u2019m not doing any more five or six-hour range sessions, just much lighter practice days on the golf course, but I officially got my handicap down to scratch the other day in the club championships. I shot a 75, which is three over par, but it was horrific weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe former world number one and two-time Wimbledon winner previously spoke of how much he enjoys his freedom now he&#8217;s no longer competing professionally in tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme: &#8220;Since I&#8217;ve stopped, I feel really free and have got lots of time to do whatever it is I want.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I can dedicate time to my children and have free time to play golf or go to the gym on my own terms.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It is really nice and I didn&#8217;t expect that. I was expecting to find retirement hard and be missing tennis a lot and wanting to get back on the tennis court on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;So far it has been the complete opposite to what I was thinking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/andy-murray-eased-golf-after-back-injury-1446596.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 June 2026 Andy Murray has blamed &#8220;hitting too many golf balls&#8221; for his debilitating back injury. Andy Murray hurt his back playing golf The 39-year-old sportsman took up golf after retiring from professional tennis in 2024 and previously confessed to spending five to six hours a day working on his swing. But Murray has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8673],"class_list":{"0":"post-248587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-andy-murray"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}