England head for the fairways again in bid to tee up successful Ashes
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theguardian.comEngland and Australia will be teeing off before a ball is bowled in the Ashes, with some of the country’s most prestigious golf courses staging preparations for both men’s teams before the summer’s marquee Test series.
Australia arrive in the UK this weekend for the World Test Championship final against India, which gets under way at the Oval on 7 June.
And in addition to training and intra-squad cricket at Beckenham – there are no county warm-up matches scheduled – the tourists are reported to have lined up golf at Formby on Merseyside.
But England’s lust for the fairways is greater, starting with rounds at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire next week in between training for the one-off four-day Test against Ireland that starts on Thursday.
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