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Toronto Maple Leafs: Top Fore! Hockey Players Turned Golfers

By Stephen Nixon

TORONTO - APRIL 14: Mike Weir 2003 Masters Champion drops the puck for the ceremonial faceoff between Keith Primeau #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Mats Sundin #13 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at Air Canada Centre on April 14, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario. The Maple Leafs defeated the Flyers 4-3. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI)
TORONTO - APRIL 14: Mike Weir 2003 Masters Champion drops the puck for the ceremonial faceoff between Keith Primeau #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Mats Sundin #13 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at Air Canada Centre on April 14, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario. The Maple Leafs defeated the Flyers 4-3. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images/NHLI) /
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TORONTO, ON – DECEMBER 21: John-Michael Liles #26 of the Toronto Maple Leafs  (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – DECEMBER 21: John-Michael Liles #26 of the Toronto Maple Leafs  (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images) /

#2. John-Michael Liles

According to a Sportsnet article a few years ago, John-Michael Liles’ handicap is a +1.6.

If you’re not a regular golf fan, what that means is that Liles’ average golf round is 1.6 strokes below par. So if the course is Par 72, he’s most likely going to shoot 71 or 70 on that given day.

The typical golfer can barely break 100, so the fact that Liles is going out shooting under-par on the average is insane.

A lot of people are known to start playing golf later in life, because it can be expensive and time consuming, but Liles was fortunate to start golf early. Even while he was playing hockey a high-level and making strides towards the NHL, Liles was also on the golf team and excelled at it in high school.

Liles’ career went very poorly with the Maple Leafs and maybe it was because there wasn’t enough golf to play in Toronto during the season.

Maybe if Toronto’s winters weren’t so bad and he was able to play golf during the hockey season, it would have helped his hockey ability, but either way Liles is one of the best hockey players turned golfers not only who played with Toronto, but in the entire NHL.

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