Pep Guardiola isn’t just one of the greatest football managers of all time, he’s also highly invested in other sports around the globe.
The Manchester City manager has developed a deep, personal relationship with Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla, and both have benefited from their friendship to apply knowledge from their respective sports to their own teams.
And since Pep Guardiola is an avid golfer, it only makes sense that he’s good friends with some of the best golfers on the planet. He and Tommy Fleetwood are particularly close, as Fleetwood is from Southport, just West of Manchester.
Both have leaned on each other for advice, and Fleetwood recently revealed the biggest weakness in the six-time Premier League-winning manager’s golf game.
Tommy Fleetwood named biggest weakness in Pep Guardiola’s golf game
Golf is one of Guardiola’s favourite pastimes, and according to Fleetwood, he’s not bad either! But Fleetwood did identify the biggest weakness in his game.
The PGA Tour winner said, “His golf swing’s good! He is obsessed with golf. Like I say, whenever I try and pick stuff up, he’s too busy talking about his golf swing.”
When asked what Guardiola’s biggest weakness was, he said, “That’s a great question. He’s always looking for more. He doesn’t accept where he is and try to play his game.”
According to the Icon Series Website, Guardiola was playing off a 10 handicap in 2022. Not bad for someone with so much on their plate!
What Tommy Fleetwood has learned from Pep Guardiola
Fleetwood revealed that he has learned a lot from his friendship with Guardiola, which he has been able to apply to his golf.
Speaking on the Men in Blazers podcast, he explained: “I ask him questions all the time, and he never answers them because he’s too bothered about his golf swing in golf.
“He’s like the greatest manager of all time that I’m trying to learn things from, and I’m getting nothing from him. And he’s like, ‘Well, you’re not giving me any advice on my golf game, and we’re just bickering with each other because neither of us are gaining in this relationship!
“I pick stuff up from him all the time, from some of his beliefs as a coach, or as a manager, or how he goes about things in his training.
“Some of the stuff you can translate to golf, like the quality of his routines, of his practice, the systems that they have, how professional they are in every aspect of whatever it is. Diet, sleep, training, physical stuff.
“You try and pick up as much of it as you can, and he’s the ultimate perfectionist in what he goes about as a team. You try and pick stuff up from that.”
That’s the type of professionalism and preparation that helped Fleetwood become one of the very best players in world golf in 2025.
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