Former AFL great Jason Akermanis is banned from a THIRD golf club and is considering abandoning his plans to go pro
- AFL legend Jason Akermanis is reconsidering new career as a professional golfer
- Recently banned from three clubs in Albury-Wodonga on NSW-Victorian border
- Reasons include incorrect scorecard and cheating claims to abusing golfers
- Most recent ban was for taking extra shots during a charity tournament
AFL legend Jason Akermanis admits his aspiring career as a professional golfer could be doomed after being banned from a third golf club in as many months.
The former Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs superstar has written to Golf Australia and NSW Golf to seek clarification on recent bans from three clubs in Albury-Wodonga on the NSW-Victorian border.
Reasons for the bans range from signing an incorrect scorecard, cheating and abusing fellow golfers.
His most recent ban at Wodonga Golf Club was for taking extra shots during a charity tournament.
Jason Akermanis (pictured) has been banned from three gold clubs in the Albury-Wodonga
'The protocol you are supposed to go through versus what I went through, it’s diabolical, it’s so bad,' Akermanis told The Herald Sun.
'In all three cases the crimes don’t go even close to being justified to what has actually gone on.'
The controversial sports personality told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Tuesday he's been accused of many things.
'It would be all right if I broke the rules or did something terrible but no, it doesn't seem the case up here,' Akermanis told presenter Neil Mitchell.
He was banned from Thurgoona Golf Club after many run-ins, including an incorrect scorecard, which he claims was 'just an error' and that it had never happened before.
His second ban at Albury followed a heated exchange with a fellow player who moved his golf cart.
Akermanis admitted to swearing during the confrontation.
'The guy that did it was a doctor and got off scot-free while I got 12 months,' he said.
He claims he was told at the recent Wodonga Golf Club charity golf day to play more shots.
'I forgoed my fee for the day so it was bit rich,' he said.
Akermanis (pictured) had plans to become a golf pro but has been disheartened by the recent wake of events of being banned from three clubs for various reasons
Akermanis told 3AW he's still welcome at two other clubs in the area but is now unsure about turning professional.
'Oh yeah, I'm happy to give it this year and maybe the following year and then I'll probably give it up,' he said.
'I certainly don't enjoy it like I did after these last few years. My handicap was point five but I've had a few bad months so it's out to five at the moment. It's okay, I'm still enjoying it.'
He plans to move his family back home to Brisbane at the end of the year or as 'soon as I can' once he finds a good job and schools for his daughters.
'It's probably a good thing,' he said.
The former footballer is no stranger to controversy.
Akermanis' latest ban was at Wodonga Golf Club for taking too many shots at a charity day
Akermanis once suggested in sports column that homosexual players shouldn't come out as the sport was not ready to accept them, and once accused an opposing player of taking performance enhancing drugs.
He also said Melbourne Demons legend and former football club president Jim Stynes was a 'nasty man' who should not be given a state funeral following his death from cancer in 2012.
He leaked to the media a teammate had broken ribs just before the Lions' 2003 grand final against Collingwood.
Akermanis played 325 AFL games and booted 421 goals during his 16 year career between 1995 and 2010.
The four-time All Australian won three AFL premierships from four grand finals for the Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Akermanis (pictured in action at a legends game in 2016) was an AFL superstar in his heyday
