Ryan Giggs has spoken of the 'great' but 'scary' honour to be paired with Rory McIlroy for the BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am.
The Manchester United legend will debut alongside former teammates Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes and Dwight Yorke at the famous West Course at Wentworth on May 24.
Giggs also gets the chance to play with keen United supporter and superstar of golf McIlroy.
"It's a great honour, although a slightly scary one, to be asked to play with Rory," said Giggs.
"I'm a big fan of his so I'm looking forward to catching up with him and seeing for myself how he plays the game.
"I play a lot of golf myself and really enjoy it, but it's quite a different thing to go from just playing with your mates to partnering one of the best players in the world in front of thousands of people so I am a bit nervous. I'll have to practice a bit before May!
"The BMW PGA Championship is always a great tournament and it will be one of the highlights of the summer to be involved in it."
McIlroy added: "There are few bigger Man United legends in the history of the club than Giggsy, so to be able to tee it up alongside him for the pro-am at the BMW PGA Championship is going to be awesome.
"Ryan is one of those players who is hugely respected in sport for everything he achieved at the highest level. His professionalism and ability gave him a Man United career that was almost as long as a pro golfer's career which is incredible.
"Not many sportsmen or women can say they were at the very top for decades but he is one of the special few. Hopefully I can give him a bit of help with his golf!"
Source: tribalfootball.com