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For more than 15 years he bamboozled batsmen around the world with a combination of guile and aggression. But is the \u2018King of Spin\u2019 about to switch the six-stitcher for a seven-iron?<\/p>\n

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne, now comfortably retired, says he dreams of playing golf professionally. At 44, the Test great has six years to refine his swing for a potential tilt at the Senior Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you said what would be a dream \u2013 it would be to make the Senior Tour in six years,\u201d Warne told Your Golf Travel during a charity golf day at The Grove.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to actually do something like that, although\u00a0I would have to do a hell of a lot of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Watch the full interview with Test cricket great Shane Warne.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Despite playing of a modest 10-handicap, Warne \u2013 who has played the ultra-exclusive Augusta National and considers Sergio Garcia \u201ca good mate\u201d – is certainly no slouch with a golf club.<\/p>\n

He famously carded a one-under par round of 71 during last year\u2019s Dunhill Links Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, outgunning Major champions Vijay Singh (74), David Duval (73) and Louis Oosthuizen (74).<\/p>\n

Warne, who mixes golf with poker as his preferred sporting pastime, described himself as a keen golfer who \u201cdoesn\u2019t play anywhere near enough\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I hit them OK, but I genuinely love the game and I love to get out and play as often as I can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows, if all the work starts stopping and I get a few good years to practice and play a lot of golf, then who knows… I might be on the Senior Tour. That would be pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Warne highlighted his home town of Melbourne and it\u2019s wealth of golfing treasures as his favourite place for a round.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very lucky in Melbourne to have some world class courses… Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan, Victoria… the list goes on,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Capital Golf Club is the Crown Casino golf club which is private but I\u2019m allowed on, so I\u2019m very lucky. It\u2019s a fantastic course \u2013 it\u2019s probably my favourite course in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

“They [Melbourne courses] are all challenging. The greens are absolutely lightning fast and they\u2019re quite long layouts so if the wind is blowing they can be tough.”<\/p>\n

Warne described former Australian teammates Ricky Ponting and Greg Blewett as the best \u2018cricketing golfers\u2019 he\u2019d played with, while singling out fast-bowling icon Merv Hughes as \u201cthe worst\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Hughes) has got the world\u2019s biggest slice and he can\u2019t play some holes but it\u2019s funny to watch \u2013 and he\u2019s great company around the golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shane Warne spoke exclusively to Your Golf Travel at the Shane Warne Golf Classic at The Grove. For full results from the day, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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