Azahara Muñoz carry 18 seasons playing golf as a professionaland treasures in his record, six titles, one in the LPGA y five on the European circuitbetween them two Spanish Open. At 34 years old, in 2022, he made a break in his career to fulfill one of his dreams, that of be a mother Now Lucas is four years old and accompanies her all over the world to the tournaments in which she participates, a great example that her Work, professional golf and motherhood are compatible.
“As a mother I am quite calm, I like to have a great time with Lucas, spend time with him sometimes, and I wish I had a little more patience, but I think that is something any mother would say, the truth is that I am enjoying it a lot,” says the athlete.
Although at only four years old, her son knows that mom plays golf, and as the Andalusian woman points out, “yes you understand my job” because he always asks me if I’m going to go play golf, he loves it, so sometimes we always take him in the afternoons and he just hits the drive.
Like any mother who has to combine your career with motherhoodAzahara He doesn’t have time for many hobbies, since playing golf and being with Lucas absorbs his daily life, taking out some time to go somewhere “chiquipark, to the beach, or to play tag and hide-and-seek with him.
“My golf has suffered”
In these four years his life has changed a lot, with less hours of sleepwhich has made his golf has sufferedbecause as she herself analyzes “since I have had Lucas I have not played at my best level”, which together with age and the demand is greater, such as “when he gets bad in a tournament.”
“In a tournament in New York I had to go to the hospital at night until 1:00, and the next day I had to get up at seven, so of course, when you’re not a mother you don’t have to do it,” she says after adding that the other girls “go to the physio, rest or go see a movie, but after being a mother I can’t do it as much.”
Despite the demands, Azahara feels “very happy” and your situation”I wouldn’t change it for the world“because she understands her “priorities”, and although she understands that other players no longer want to compete when they get pregnant because of how complicated it is to achieve everything, but I don’t complain because “although I don’t have my parents with me to help me, the daycare service is amazing, and in the United States and Canada we have three women who go with their children to all the tournaments.
“If you already go to Asia or Europe there is no daycare anymore“He adds, but they bring their toys so that everyone is as similar week after week, and that there are several children in the circuit or being able to know that they go there, play, is wonderful,” he points out.
Aware of always having the device almost in reserve, Azahara finds motivation watching “a photo of Lucas”something that helps you when things don’t go well in tournamentsbut as he admits, “when I make a double bogie, three putts or whatever, I open the little book, see my son and tell myself that I am very lucky.”
