Tennis ace Andy Murray is one of the big names involved in this week's Sunningdale Foursomes. However, his partner at the tournament has had his fair share of controversy in the past.

Murray, an avid golfer since retiring from professional tennis, is teamed up with Eddie Pepperell for the Surrey tournament. The duo also joined forces last year at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, finishing tied for 18th at the Pro-Am event.

Gareth Bale is another star joining established golfers, with the former Wales and Real Madrid footballer playing alongside Matthew Wylie. However, Murray's partner has a somewhat colourful history.

Pepperell once faced a ban from his home club, Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire. He shared his side of the story to PING's A Round with Radar following his six-month suspension, which was imposed after he damaged a green.

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"It was the club championship, I think it was the second round," Pepperell recalled. "It became a 54-hole [tournament], Green course, Blue course, Red course.

"This was the second day and I was doing quite well but struggling on the green, which was standard for me at Frilford. I had like a four-foot birdie putt and missed it and the red steam... The red mist descended and I gave it one of those," he continued, before miming slamming his putter into the ground.

"I think I'd only done it six or seven times in my life up to that point, but this time I got caught. I did do a great reparation job, I will say. I repaired it beautifully.

"You could barely see what had happened afterwards, but the group behind did come and notice it and then they pulled it up and took a photo and made it look much worse than it was. I got six months for that."

Pepperell also clashed online with one of golf's biggest stars, Bryson DeChambeau. The Englishman took exception to what he perceived as slow play from the American at the Northern Trust Open and didn't hold back.

"Just look at Tommy [Fleetwood] and Justin [Thomas], both looking completely bored," he remarked. "Slow players do this to their playing partners, making the game less enjoyable. Problem is, the unaffected single-minded twit in this instance doesn't care much for others."

DeChambeau didn't take too kindly to the remarks, responding: "Eddie Pepperell, not fair to say. I would love to speak to him personally and talk about it."

This was enough for Pepperell to walk back his language a little bit and issue an apology for the personal nature of his attack. Addressing the 'Twit' jibe in particular, he admitted: "That was unnecessary and something I shouldn't have said."

This year's Sunningdale Foursomes kicked off on Tuesday and continues until Friday. Last year's tournament was claimed by David Corben and Harry Crockett, who narrowly beat Monty Holcombe and Oscar Lent to lift the trophy.