Former world number 7 tennis player Mardy Fish has received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the 3M Open on the PGA Tour, continuing his incredible story since hanging up his racquet.
Fish, 40, has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open during his career. He has won six singles titles and eight doubles titles, reaching the doubles semi-final at Wimbledon in 2009.
But now Fish is an accomplished golfer. He finished sixth at the American Century Championship last week, won by fellow celebrity golfer Tony Romo.
Romo, a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, has made four starts on the PGA Tour and Fish is the latest sports star to turn to golf.
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I am very pleased to announce that I have received a sponsorship exemption for the @3MOpen next week in my hometown of Minneapolis! See you next week ! @PGATOUR #Golf
– Mardy Fish (@MardyFish) July 13, 2022
Fish won the American Century Championship in 2020 and he also won the Diamond Resorts Invitational in 2016 and 2018. Jack Nicklaus once described him as “the best non-professional golfer I’ve ever seen play.”
“I’m very excited to announce that I have received a sponsor exemption for the @3MOpen next week in my hometown of Minneapolis! See you next week! @PGATOUR #Golf,” Fish tweeted.
The 3M Open was first played in 2019 and was won by Matthew Wolff in his first year. Cameron Champ won the event last season at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota.
Fish was the subject of a Netflix documentary series called “Untold: Breaking Point” in 2021, which chronicled the American’s battle with depression and anxiety during his career.
He also suffered from cardiac arrhythmia and his panic attacks caused him to quit after the US Open in 2015.
