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Andy Murray joins forces with Ant & Dec as tennis icon speaks out on new enterprise

Andy Murray is backing a staff that has created one thing ‘particular’.

Andy Murray has invested in Manors Golf (Picture: Getty)

Andy Murray has taken his love for golf to the subsequent stage by investing in Manors, a luxurious UK golf apparel model. Since retiring from skilled tennis on the 2024 Olympic Video games, the three-time Grand Slam champion has spent most of his time on the golf course, even coming into some Professional-Am tournaments.

The previous world No. 1 has now joined a star-studded line-up of shareholders backing Manors Golf, together with TV stars Ant and Dec, plus footballer Theo Walcott and actor Nicholas Hoult.

Manors was based in 2019 by Jojo Regan, Luke Davies, and Nick Watts as a life-style model impressed by golf. In 2022, they began a rebrand, transferring into efficiency merchandise. Manors beforehand raised £2 million throughout funding rounds in 2023 and 2024 – the latter being when Ant and Dec received on board.

The London-based model is hoping to make use of funding to gasoline worldwide growth, with a give attention to the US market. After becoming a member of the shareholder register, Murray stated: “The product is nice, however by itself it’s not sufficient.

“They’ve gone past that and created one thing actually particular and I really imagine they will escalate from right here to construct a extremely profitable enterprise long-term.”

Managing director Regan stated: “We’ve grown intentionally, constructing a model that genuinely resonates culturally whereas staying relentlessly targeted on the basics. This funding permits us to scale with intent and proceed pushing golf ahead, on and off the course.”

Andy Murray is a eager golfer and is competing within the Sunningdale Foursomes this week (Picture: Getty)

Murray is already sponsored by Callaway and has entered one other match this week, the Sunningdale Foursomes, alongside Eddie Pepperell. The pair additionally teamed up on the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.

The 2-time Olympic champion beforehand shared his hopes of turning into a golf caddy throughout an look on The Romesh Ranganathan Present. “I am contemplating turning into a golf caddy, hopefully for knowledgeable golfer at some stage,” he stated.

“I really like golf and in the event you love that sport, it could be an important job. If you’re working with a high golfer and being there once they have an important second on the course and feeling like you’ll be able to assist slightly bit with choices and issues like that, I believe it could be an excellent job.”

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