(Shortlist.com): Rock'n'Roll, from the outside looking in, can appear like a life of 24 hour debauchery. But a certain few find time (and money, of course) to master the finer things in life. Like...wiping the floor with one another over 18 holes...
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10. MICHAEL ‘FLEA’ BALZARY -- Handicap: 25
The bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers regularly plays at Malibu County Golf Club. He also plays the trumpet.
9. MEAT LOAF -- Handicap: 24
The Loaf...took time out off recording Bat Out Of Hell III to play at the Celebrity Ryder Cup one year.
8. EDDIE VAN HALEN -- Handicap: 18
Van Halen’s guitarist and co-founder is a member at the Lakeside golf course in Essex. He even used Maximum Golf magazine to tell the world he had cancer.
7. SNOOP DOGG -- Handicap: 18
The hip-hop icon says he shoots "about 90" and appeared in a golf advert alongside former Chrysler chairman Lee lacocca.
6. TICO TORRES -- Handicap: 12.1
Bon Jovi's drummer learnt how to play from none other than the legend Willie Nelson, who owns his own course in Texas.
5. ROGER WATERS -- Handicap: 11.7
The former Pink Floyd singer/songwriter plays at Sunningdale in Berkshire, one of the world’s best golf courses...
4. ROBBY KRIEGER -- Handicap: 6.8
The guitarist from classic rockers The Doors is a member at the Riviera Country Club in Florida. He does not sing, “This Is The End,” at the 19th hole.
3. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE -- Handicap: 6
He’s bringing sexy back – to golf, that is. Timberlake once reportedly said he’ll be pro by the time he’s 30. He is. He's not...
2. ALICE COOPER -- Handicap: 5.3
Mr. Cooper is not just brilliant at golf, he claims it saved his life...It’s all there in his memoirs...
1. ADRIAN YOUNG -- Handicap: 1.3
As well as almost playing off scratch, the drummer from Gwen Stefani’s occasional ska-rock outfit No Doubt lives next to a golf course in California’s Long Beach.
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The handicaps average out to 12.8, so our Tico "makes the cut" -- and I couldn't be happier about his beating out a hip-hopper!!!
