Watch Harry Kane switch Tottenham for golf as he stars against NFL legend Ben Roethlisberger in New York tournament
HARRY KANE sunk an 18-foot putt as the England striker joined other sporting legends in switching to golf for a mega-event in New Jersey.
But Liverpool midfielder James Milner was the stand-out performer for the Rest of the World in the inaugural Icons Series tournament as a USA squad brimming with NFL and NBA talent led 1O-5 overnight.
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Kane pulled off his mighty putt when paired with retired Australian tennis icon Ash Barty as they lost to basketball hero JR Smith and ex-baseball pitcher J Scholtz.
The Spurs striker and Barty then beat the gridiron pair of two-time Super Bowl winner Ben Roethlisberger and one-time SB king Marshall Faulk in the greensomes.
Kane, though, was back on the ropes in his second fourballs when he and boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez succumbed to Faulk and ex-New York Giants hero Michael Strahan.
And to make things worse for Kane the word on the greens was that Strahan ‘needed to speak’ to him – to ‘discuss’ his preference for the New England Patriots and Tom Brady.
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Even more gloomily, in the 12 singles on the second day of this Ryder Cup-style event, the Three Lions’ World Cup hopeful was beaten by ex-Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger, who finished him off with a birdie.
Milner, however, notched fourball victories with former Australia cricket skipper Ricky Ponting and ex-Manchester United and Leeds frontman Alan Smith.
And there was joy for giants of the Southern Hemisphere world at the tournament, hosted by the Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City.
Ex-Australia rugby union ace George Gregan triumphed in his two fourballs, alongside South Africa’s cricket icon AB De Villiers and former Scotland rugby star Gavin Hastings.
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But for Kane the two-dayer was all about the ‘challenge’ of trying to prove yourself in one of the world’s world’s most frustrating sports
He said: “You know, you’re hitting a standing object, one minute you are hitting it the best you ever hit it and then one hole later you can’t even make contact properly.
“So that challenge of that battle is really challenging – mentally to forget shots and move on and be positive.
“So I love the challenge of it and I think that’s what brings us all back to play more and more.”
