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Mookie Betts reveals his surprising golf handicap after winning fourth MLB World Series

Originally posted on HITC | By Charlie Walker | Last updated Feb 5, 2026 12:14 PM ET

Everything Mookie Betts touches seems to turn to gold.

He’s a four-time World Series winner and one of the faces of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but his sporting wizardry doesn’t end when he steps off the diamond.

For Betts, the offseason isn’t just a time for rest. He instead swaps the batter’s box for the tee box and applies his full focus on the golf course.

As you’d expect, he’s world-class at that too, but it’s surprising that he’s found the time to get his handicap down so low while winning four championships.

The superstar recently opened up about the state of his golf game, revealing that his offseason looks a lot like the life of a professional golfer.

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Mookie Betts reveals his golf handicap

Betts played last week in the pro-am before the American Express, and this week he teed off at the WM Phoenix Open pro-am with PGA Tour winner Maverick McNealy.

He took some time to break down his golf game with former pro Colt Knost. He was asked how his golf game is right now, and Betts answered: “It’s pretty good right now. I would say it’s decent. Enough to get me around playing.”

Along with his natural talent, Betts works a relentless schedule to improve his golf game. When asked how often he plays, he joked, “Eight days a week. I drop the kids off at school and go to the golf course, and then, I come home at some point.”

Betts added, “I’m a member at Lakeside, so I’m there pretty much eight days a week.”

That has paid off in a major way. Betts revealed that he is currently playing to an incredible 2.8 handicap. In a world where most casual golfers struggle to break 90, Mookie is flirting with scratch golfer status, proving once again that he might just be the best all-around athlete in professional sports.

What Maverick McNealy told Mookie Betts to help him become a scratch player

Betts is a great golfer, but he’s some way off being the best golfer to have played in the MLB. Jon Smoltz is the standard in that sense. He plays off a +2.7, and qualified for the Senior US Open after his baseball career.

But Betts is simply trying to become scratch, and McNealy gave him some lessons during their pro-am to help him do exactly that.

Betts revealed what McNealy taught him: “He’s teaching me about the grain and how it works. I mean, I kind of knew common sense about the grain, but I think now that I’m in the 2.8 range, knowing the grain will probably get me down to – my goal is to get to scratch.”

It’s definitely harder to improve once you get to Betts’ level, but learning how the ball reacts to the grass from a PGA Tour pro will certainly help him get to where he wants to be.

This article first appeared on HITC and was syndicated with permission.

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