‘MY MOST EMBARASSING NON-GOLFING MOMENT? I SH*T MYSELF IN BUDGENS’

Left Pepperell has two dogs, Gus and Pip, who he brings to tournaments whenever he can.

What’s been your closest brush with death?

A car crash. I’ve only ever had one car crash and it wasn’t that bad.

What superpower would you have?

The favourite one I’ve heard was when Karl Pilkington said he would be ‘Captain Bullsh*t’. We’ve all been around someone that’s clearly talking bullsh*t and I’d love to be able to fly in and call them out on it.

What’s your passion outside of golf?

It’s between playing with my dog and watching CNBC. I really love economics, so I love watching that. I haven’t personally invested too much. I started trying to get a bit into politics to understand a bit more, but I hated it after about a year so I started looking into economics and I really enjoy it.

What motivated you to start your blog?

An old coach suggested that I should copy Luke Donald and start writing all my thoughts down. I decided to go one step further by starting a blog. The funny thing is I hated English at school and only started reading books when I was 19. If you read every one of my blogs from start to finish, you probably have a good insight into me, as an individual.

You’ve built up a great following on Twitter, so what do you think about social media?

I think it’s a bad thing on the whole. Not enough of us have really mastered how to use it. The problem is that you’ll get criticised however you use it, it gives a voice to people who might not deserve a voice and the people who do deserve a voice probably aren’t on Twitter.

What’s been your most embarrassing non-golfing moment?

Sh*tting myself in a Budgens car park. I wasn’t that young either, maybe 10 or 12. All I remember was being in the back of my mum’s Vauxhall Zafira and it just came over me really bad and I had to pop out into the car park.

Your proudest non-golfing moment?

Being with my girlfriend for over a decade, so among all the chaos within golf, there’s some stability away from it.

Where would you go if you could travel in time?

Probably to the future on Mars, because that’s probably where the human race is going to end up.

If you were the President of the World, what one thing would you do?

I’d make Donald Trump my Secretary of State, just for a laugh.

What’s your favourite kind of music?

It’s definitely the decade of the 1980s. I love The Smiths and The Stone Roses, but there’s also stuff like Rick Astley, Wham and Africa by Toto. I wouldn’t know much about ’80s culture, but it was a golden age for music.

Who would play you in a film of your life?

Who played the Elephant Man? John Hurt. I don’t know really. He’s going to be an average-looking guy. Who’s an actor that isn’t that good looking? Steve Carell, but he’s too funny. I’m not that funny.

Who’d be in your dream, non-golfing fourball?

Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Their comedy is just golden. I love it.

Where is your all-time favourite holiday destination?

We’ve had good holidays in Bali and Thailand, so one of those two.

If you had to give up golf or sex for the rest of your life, which would it be?

Well, I’ve given up sex already. You can put that in because my girlfriend won’t read it, so let’s just say I’ve given up sex already.

What has been your most extravagant purchase?

I haven’t really bought anything that extravagant, but maybe a watch. Just print “I’m not into extravagant things like that fool Tyrrell Hatton” (laughs).