The Monday after the baseball season ends is known for two things…players preparing for the playoffs or hitting the links.
And while only a handful of team’s get to continue play in October, that leaves a ton of guys out there playing golf. Tops among them Tyler Clippard. The New York Mets reliever carries a +1.9 handicap and, according to Golf Digest, is the second best among pro athletes, following only NFL kicker Josh Scobee.
In May, Clippard hit a super respectable 72 off the blue tees at Pebble Beach. Not long after, he talked to MLB.com about the two career holes-in-one that he’s hit during his time on the links. On in 2011 and the other this past summer.
[mlbvideo id=”442251983″ width=”600″ height=”336″ /]All in all, 23 current Major Leaguers made the magazine’s list. Included…a healthy mix of veterans (Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez), younger stars (Bryce Harper and Mike Trout) and, for some reason, Yoenis Cespedes.
THE LIST (Courtesy of Golf Digest)
- 2. Tyler Clippard (+1.9)
- 11. Kyle Lohse (0.3)
- 13. Dan Otero (1.1)
- T-19. Jeff Francoeur (2.2)
- T-19. Aaron Hicks (2.2)
- The center fielder has five holes-in-one to his credit
- 24. Adam Wainwright (3.9)
- T-25. Josh Donaldson (4)
- Once hit a 300-plus-yard drive on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive’
- T-30. Justin Verlander (4.1)
- 34. Ian Kinsler (4.5)
- T-36. Bryce Harper (5)
- T-41. Matt Cain (6)
- The pitcher hit a 340-yard drive in 2012 AT&T at Pebble
- T-41. Albert Pujols (6)
- T-46. Shelby Miller (7)
- 52. Alex Rodriguez (7.9)
- T-53. Evan Longoria (8)
- T-68. Mark Teixeira (10.3)
- T-72. Joe Mauer (11)
- T-72. Chase Utley (11)
- T-75. Jeff Samardzija (12)
- T-80. Yoenis Cespedes (13)
- Cespedes has been playing for less than two years
- T-80. Cole Hamels (13)
- T-80. Mike Trout (13)
- 84. Buster Posey (14)
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