Daniel Negreanu is Prepping for the 2026 WSOP … On the Golf Course?

Many of the high-stakes regulars have been busy competing within the U.S. Poker Open on the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. However not Daniel Negreanu, who’s spending his closing few weeks earlier than the 2026 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) {golfing} (and vlogging about it).

The GGPoker ambassador has been engaged on his golf recreation, and he is taking over some $5,000 challenges on YouTube, a bit completely different method to his pre-WSOP preparation than in some previous years. Negreanu, who at all times grinds a full WSOP schedule, usually performs quite a few stay tournaments main as much as the summer season poker extravaganza.

Final 12 months, he racked up 14 match cashes, largely in PGT occasions, earlier than the 2025 WSOP started. However this 12 months’s outcomes embrace precisely one money, a fourth place end for $80,000 within the PGT Championship in mid-January. The dearth of cashes is not because of a downswing or stoop. He merely hasn’t been taking part in a lot poker because the World Sequence of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) collection in December. However he has been taking part in his fair proportion of golf.

Is Negreanu a Good Golfer?

Negreanu mentioned he does have one match deliberate earlier than the Sequence begins in a month. However his larger focus proper now seems to be extra on golf, and naturally the Vegas Golden Knights within the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The seven-time bracelet winner has posted just a few latest vlogs showcasing his golf abilities. In every video, he takes on a $5,000 problem. If he reaches his purpose, he wins. If not, he owes the cash.

The primary problem was to shoot an 80 on 18 holes at SouthShore Nation Membership inside Lake Las Vegas from the women tees. Negreanu seems to have a robust brief recreation, and he has an unconventional placing stance that’s considerably harking back to former Main League Baseball star Andres Galarraga’s batting stance.

Negreanu shot a four-over 75 spherical to win the primary problem, hitting six of 13 fairways. The Poker Corridor of Famer returned to the identical course for a second $5k competitors in opposition to Eric Wasserson, this time trying to shoot 100 from the furthest tees. Maybe bluffing a bit, he did not appear too assured in his skill to drag it off.

“You may surprise, for those who broke 80, this must be straightforward. No, I promise you, that 80 wager, I used to be the favourite, okay? This one, we’re an enormous canine,” Negreanu advised his viewers earlier than hitting the primary tee.

This problem was extra about managing the course than something. As he mentioned, “a bogey is pretty much as good as a par” when attempting to shoot 100. Negreanu was both bluffing or underestimated his personal recreation — or, possibly he simply shot out of his thoughts — as a result of he shot a 44 (+8) on the entrance 9, making him almost a lock to simply beat 100. He then shot a 41 on the again 9 to win the wager by 15 strokes.

Negreanu, on the finish of the video, implied the stakes can be rising in some upcoming movies. No, he is not quitting poker to turn out to be the subsequent Tiger Woods. He’ll be on the WSOP all summer season lengthy, and has 40 bracelet occasions deliberate on his schedule.