Gymnastics and golf are both Olympic sports, but until now that’s just about the only thing they had in common.
Thanks to US trick-shot golfer Garrett Clark, the two have been brought together at least. Clark, from Kansas, wants to earn a living from his social media accounts before playing on the PGA Tour.
If he ever does make it, he’s going to have to play a little more conservatively than this.
Wait for the backflip… #SCtop10 @espn @ESPNAssignDesk @SportsCenter @barstoolsports @ForePlayPod @GolfDigest @SInow @DudePerfect @sportbible @ladbible @9GAG pic.twitter.com/rOFMzyv7aP
— Garrett Clark (@gm__golf) September 2, 2018
A novel technique.
Clark told the Press Association earlier in 2018 that he “got into trick shots in my living room about a year and a half ago,” adding that he practised shots “sometimes upwards of six hours a day”.
Indeed, that back flip shot was no fluke and here are 10 of Clark’s finest efforts to prove that.