sport news Peter Trego's teeing off! The batsman quit cricket last month and is now ...

sport news Peter Trego's teeing off! The batsman quit cricket last month and is now ...
sport news Peter Trego's teeing off! The batsman quit cricket last month and is now ...

It is not the prospect of trying and failing that has plagued the thoughts of Peter Trego in switching sports to golf. Not trying, now that is a different matter.

‘That’s one of the great things about being a British sportsman. You are programmed to put yourself out there. I could do something else to earn a living and be none the wiser,’ he tells Sportsmail, as he watches his Nottinghamshire team-mates’ final flings at winning the County Championship.

‘But I don’t want to be the bloke sitting there at 60 going: I should, could, would have done this or that. I’d rather be the guy who tried and failed than the guy who didn’t and talks a load of s*** in the pub — the ones who tell you they were a better centre back than the one on the telly.’

Peter Trego (above) retired from cricket, ending a 22-year career in the county game and is now turning his attention to becoming a pro golfer

Peter Trego (above) retired from cricket, ending a 22-year career in the county game and is now turning his attention to becoming a pro golfer 

There have been plenty of tried-and-failed moments for Trego, 40, during a cricket journey that began with his native Somerset in the 20th century.

A Championship runner-up six times, it was not until his last season in 2019 that he won his first medal with the club. Having announced his retirement from professional cricket last month, he will be remembered as one of the best players of his generation not to gain an international cap.

Most of all, he remains one of life’s great competitors, which is how we come to be chatting about him turning professional in golf, days after his final first XI appearance for Nottinghamshire in August. He is entering the PGA’s EuroPro Tour — a catalyst in the career rises of Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton.

‘I can’t wait to tweet a picture of my first cheque. Even if it’s 50 quid. That’s my first goal,’ he says. ‘The second, to consistently make cuts. For year one, if I can make a handful of cuts, it will validate the mission I am on.

The 40-year-old all-rounder spent his final two seasons at Nottinghamshire

The 40-year-old all-rounder spent his final two seasons at Nottinghamshire 

However,  he scored a huge 18,827 runs and took 547 of his 646 wickets at Somerset

However,  he scored a huge 18,827 runs and took 547 of his 646 wickets at Somerset

‘Half the people who follow my progress will want me to do well but the other half will want to see the bad score to take the p***.’

Let his remarkable back story influence the side you take: self-taught on fields adjoining his childhood home in Weston-super-Mare, Trego did not take up the sport properly until his mid-20s.

‘I come from a working-class family and so golf was never a thing from an affordability point of view but I remember my mum getting a set of clubs from the local charity shop for me and my brother to share,’ recalls Trego.

‘Our

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