About this episode

Andrew Murray shares his journey from a struggling tour pro to winning the European Open despite facing a career-threatening hip condition.

Follow us on Instagram for clips, behind-the-scenes and more: @linkedbygolfpodcast About This Episode Ross sits down with Andrew Murray — European Open champion, BBC Radio 5 Live golf commentator of 35 years, and one of the most colourful characters to come through the European Tour's formative era. From humble beginnings as a 16-year-old apprentice pro with one Woodwork O-Level to lifting the Panasonic European Open trophy at Walton Heath, Andrew's story is as honest and entertaining as it gets. What We Cover Winning the 1989 Panasonic European Open Andrew takes us back to that famous week at Walton Heath — the six iron into the last, the 12-foot winning putt he nearly turned into a nerve-shredder, and what it felt like to beat a leaderboard featuring Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Sam Torrance and Frank Nobilo. He still has the picture on the wall of his study. The hip condition that almost ended it all Days before his European Open victory, Andrew's consultant had told him his hip was deteriorating rapidly and he needed to consider a different career. He shares just how fragile that triumph really was — and how he managed to play on for another four or five years he was never…

People in this episode

Host: Ross McGuire

Guest: Andrew Murray

Topics covered

• European Open
• golf career
• hip condition
• tour pro life
• sports history

Keywords

• European Open
• Andrew Murray
• golf
• hip condition
• tour pro
• sports history
• BBC Radio 5 Live

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Organizations: BBC Radio 5 Live

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