![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-the-most-shocking-open-champion-but-now-ive-quit-golf-to-make-wine/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ben-curtis-wine-off-plat.jpg&description=all round wine-r Published : 15:53, 24 Jul 2023 Updated : 16:10, 24 Jul 2023 THE Open's most shocking champion, Ben Curtis, has revealed he has taken up winemaking since quitting professional golf. Curtis, 46, shocked the world when he won The Open at the Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich in 2003. 5 Ben Curtis has revealed how he now makes wine Credit: YouTube/Clubs & Corks 5 He explained his goals while on the Clubs & Corks Golf Podcast Credit: YouTube/Clubs & Corks 5 Curtis shock the world when he won the 2003 Open Credit: PA The American's achievement was so shocking due to him being a 500-1 outsider on his debut - making him the first to achieve the feat since 1975 - and ranking down at 396 in the world rankings. Curtis would go on to win four more tournaments on the PGA Tour , but would never win another golf major before he stopped playing competitively in 2017. And while admitting he was glad to have stopped playing, he has now revealed his new career path after putting down his club. Speaking on the Clubs & Corks Golf Podcast , Curtis explained he had taken up a career in winemaking in order to help his Ben Curtis Family Foundation. The foundation is aimed at ending child food hunger, with the wine tour event which occurs every Autumn seeing all proceeds go back to the foundation's goals. According to the foundation's website , the "Tour includes a tasting of wines from around the world as well as from Fairway & Vines, an exclusive label created by 2003 British Open Champion Ben Curtis". It adds that "guests can sample a Ben Curtis Cuvee, a red blend, as well as a chardonnay". Asked about how the foundation is going, Curtis said: "We're doing really well, we're in 12 school districts now, (making) about 6,000 bags a month and the needs only going to continue. 5 The American was a 500-1 outsider in one of golf's biggest upsets Credit: AFP 5 Curtis, pictured above in 2013, would go on to win four more PGA Tour titles but never another major Credit: AFP "){kind=link}
THE Open’s most shocking champion, Ben Curtis, has revealed he has taken up winemaking since quitting professional golf.
Curtis, 46, shocked the world when he won The Open at the Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich in 2003.
The American’s achievement was so shocking due to him being a 500-1 outsider on his debut – making him the first to achieve the feat since 1975 – and ranking down at 396 in the world rankings.
Curtis would go on to win four more tournaments on the PGA Tour, but would never win another golf major before he stopped playing competitively in 2017.
And while admitting he was glad to have stopped playing, he has now revealed his new career path after putting down his club.