Sam Torrance: Ryder Cup no longer plays great

Sam Torrance (center) was a vice captain for Europe during the 2014 Ryder Cup in Gleneagles

Former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance has revealed that he is no longer playing golf after "losing love" for the sport.

The 65-year-old Scot achieved 44 professional wins and played for Europe in eight Ryder Cups and also won a victory in 2002.

Torrance recently played on the European Senior Tour.

"I have lost a little love," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I'm not very good. The most difficult … I am mediocre compared to what I was."

Torrance, who has worked regularly in the broadcaster, is in tenth place on the European Tour list of most wins with 21.

"I told my manager: & # 39 tell me my scores for the past three years and my final positions & # 39 ;, "he explained. "She looked it up and she told me I was 200 above par and my best finish was 35th.

" So it was time. That was two years ago and I have not played since. It was hard to let go, but I'm glad I did it when I did it.

"Even with my friends, I have a hard time finding the impulse to get there and do it."