DP World Tour winner Joe Dean has admitted that he doesn’t enjoy playing golf and would consider a new career elsewhere.Dean, who has played in 76 events on the DP World Tour and four on the PGA Tour, finds taking to the course stressful.DP World Tour star Dean has admitted that he doesn’t actually enjoy playing golf and finds it stressful despite his recent successGettyThe 32-year-old Englishman picked up his first win in August at the British Masters, collecting a huge £440,000 paycheque.His professional career has been ongoing since 2012, with Dean making a real move up the rankings in the last three years.In 2024, he was outside the top 3,000 players in the world, but recent form has seen him rise to 124th and close to a tour card.Dean currently sits tenth in the Race to Dubai Rankings for players not already exempt with one event to go this weekend – the top ten in the standings claim a PGA Tour card.So, his career trajectory is clearly on the up – but despite that, he has made the shock admission that he doesn’t actually like playing.Dean opens up on stress of golf careerDean admitted to Today’s Golfer: “A lot of people are probably hate me for saying this, but if I could earn a better living doing something else, I probably would.“Even in the moment when I’m playing well, it’s not fun. It’s stressful. “There’s a ton of pressure and I don’t find that fun. I find being sat by a fishing lake or cleaning my car fun and no pressure. But that’s just personal to me.”He added: “If you hit good shots in the moment, it’s rewarding and almost like a fix. It’s like an addiction. You want to be able to do that again, but in that moment, I hate it.“I’d rather do something else, to be honest!”Dean would rather do another career instead of playing golf as he doesn’t find taking to the course funGettyWhat else has Dean said?Dean went on to explain that his negative view of his game could be part of the reason why he doesn’t enjoy playing golf.“I need to get it the other way round,” he said. “I tend to stay fixated on the negative and let the good stuff flow through the brain and out the ears.“But I seem to be doing all right so far, so it’s hard. You want to change things to try and get a little bit better, but then you could go backwards even quicker than you can advance.“You might take three or four months to advance one per cent forward, but you could take four weeks to go ten per cent backwards. It’s tough to work out.”He also admitted that his low self confidence also plays a part in his stressful experience on the course.“I feel like my attitude is a lot more negative and a lot more lacking in confidence to most of the guys, but it is so hard to tell what some other guys are thinking,” Dean said.The Englishman, who is on the brink of a PGA Tour card, says he lacks belief in himself and often plays with a more negative mindsetGetty“They might look the most confident people walking past you, but you don’t know what’s going on inside, between the ears.“It is difficult. But I’ve always lacked self belief.”Dean will be playing in the DP World Tour Championship from November 12 through to November 15 this weekend.A strong finish in the season finale to keep him inside the top 10 in the rankings would be enough to secure himself a PGA Tour card.