Seeing Michael Phelps at the 2024 Olympics is no big surprise. Seeing Michael Phelps at the Olympic golf tournament is perhaps more of a surprise. The record-breaking swimmer’s passion for golf is well known.
2024 Olympics: Michael Phelps at the Golf Tournament
During his visit to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he is not spending his time exclusively in the Aquatic Centre, which he has probably seen more than enough of in his life, but is also enjoying the fresh air outside on the golf course at Le Golf National.
This wins the gold medal for best selfie. 🥇🤳#OlympicGolf https://t.co/uMi8AFT0y1 pic.twitter.com/z8HjHFNfxx
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 1, 2024
A message from the 🐐#OlympicGolf | @MichaelPhelps 🥇 pic.twitter.com/eVjqwYwR1h
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 1, 2024
Michael Phelps has long been an avid golfer and also an enthusiastic golf fan, having followed Tier Woods live at Augusta National when he won the Masters in 2019, for example. Since ending his active career after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, he has had all the more time to devote to this other sport. But even before that, he was excellent with the club. Proof A: This incredible putt from 48 metres at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2012.