Jordan Henderson's father Brian played off a golf handicap of seven before he realised his son had a talent for football.
By the time he had spent years ferrying the future Liverpool captain around the country in pursuit of a dream not everybody felt would ever come true, it had shot up to 17.
‘I do remember him taking me to the golf club when I was younger,’ Henderson told Sportsmail. ‘He was good at it. Then when he started travelling with me it deteriorated because he couldn’t play.
'He was such a big part of my football at an early age.