{"id":62364,"date":"2026-09-07T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/62364\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:58:10","slug":"lakers-luka-doncic-admits-he-would-have-played-golf-if-he-didnt-become-an-nba-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/62364\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Luka Doncic admits he would have played golf if he didn’t become an NBA player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic revealed what he would have done with his life if he weren\u2019t an NBA player.<\/p>\n

There has been a rising trend in the last 40 years where top NBA players also become huge fans of the sport of golf.<\/p>\n

LeBron James and Steph Curry are the two most famous NBA players, and both are active golfers, but it seems the love for the sport is spreading league-wide, especially in LeBron\u2019s former home of the Lakers.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic would have been a golfer if he weren\u2019t in the NBA<\/p>\n

Doncic was a prodigious basketball talent and has been known worldwide since he was a teenager. He\u2019s spent his entire life perfecting basketball and is in the NBA as a result.<\/p>\n

The Lakers social media team asked Doncic what he would have done if he wasn\u2019t in the NBA, and the Slovenian star made it clear that he would be golfing.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golfing is a recent interest of Doncic\u2019s, something he reportedly picked up after joining the Lakers in 2025. <\/p>\n

It seems to be becoming a stronger interest, especially with one of his closest friends and teammates, Austin Reaves, being a huge golfer himself.<\/p>\n

Doncic admitted in the same interview that golf is the one sport he would definitely lose to Reaves in, but he also broke the one-word answer rule by adding a \u2018for now\u2019 to make it clear he\u2019s still improving.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic\u2019s sudden interest in golf is a Lakers thing<\/p>\n

Doncic appeared on JJ Redick\u2019s podcast in 2024 and said that he had only swung a golf club two times in his entire life, with both those times being recorded instances.<\/p>\n

His first swing came as a rookie in Dallas at Topgolf with former world No. 1 golfer Jordan Spieth, who was not impressed by the then 19-year-old. His second swing came at a golf simulator at Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n

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After joining the Lakers in February 2025, a video of Doncic practicing his in-progress golf swing circulated. At the end of the year, Doncic said in an interview that he wasn\u2019t playing against Reaves recreationally because he \u2018cannot golf.\u2019<\/p>\n

February 2026 was the big switch, with coach Redick, another avid golfer, revealing that Doncic decided he wanted to be a golfer.<\/p>\n

Multiple members of the Lakers, players and coaches, played recreational games regularly against each other during their best run of form of the season from February to March.<\/p>\n

Doncic became fully hooked in the 2026 offseason, calling the sport \u2018something most beautiful,\u2019 sharing his love for the sport and 36-hole games, which can take up to eight hours.<\/p>\n

Doncic played golf with all his teammates when they visited him in Slovenia last month, and it seems this hobby is now turning into a passion for the 27-year-old superstar.<\/p>\n

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