She’s a tennis grand slam title winner and played pro cricket. Now Ash Barty will feature in a leading golf event

Former world No.1 Fred Couples will captain Team USA, which includes Olympic great Michael Phelps, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, former NFL star Ben Roethlisberger and TV personality Michael Strahan.

Meanwhile, on Team Rest of the World, Barty will join Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Tottenham’s superstar striker Harry Kane, and boxer Canelo Alvarez.

“I know how much work it takes to bring the best out of yourself. I’ve said it to my team multiple times, it’s just I don’t have that in me anymore,” said Barty in March when she retired.

“I don’t have the physical drive, the emotional want, and everything it takes to challenge yourself at the very top of the level anymore, and I just know that I am spent. I just know physically, I have nothing more to give. That, for me, is success,” she said.

She added that she had been thinking about retirement for “a long time,” and the decision was cemented after winning Wimbledon last year and the Australian Open this year.

Those victories were “my perfect way to celebrate what an amazing journey my tennis career has been,” she said.

Barty has won three major singles titles — the 2019 French Open, the 2021 Wimbledon and the 2022 Australian Open.

In total, she has won 15 singles titles and 12 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and was the first Australian to win the Australian Open singles title since 1978.

But Barty’s prodigious talents are not just limited to the tennis court — she also played cricket professionally for the Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League.

She is also a keen golfer — something it seems she will be focusing more on now.

In 2020, Barty won the women’s championship at the Brookwater Golf Club near Brisbane and 15-time major winner Tiger Woods once reportedly described her as having a “great swing.”