FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 27, 2022 Australia's Ashleigh Barty in action during her semi final match against Madison Keys of the U.S. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hall of Famer Karrie Webb says newly retired tennis player Ash Barty has the talent to be amateur golf champion of Australia one day, even if she doubts her fellow Queenslander would want to join the professional circuit.
Barty, who stunned Australia by retiring as world number one at the age of 25 on Wednesday, enjoys her golf and was women's champion at the Brookwater Golf Club during a furlough from tennis amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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