10at&t;field:;tebow out,;belichick;in
well, the at&t pebble beach national pro-am never
landed tim tebow (GWM, Jan. 16), but it has successfully wooed the man who drew up the game plan that
freed up the denver bronco quarterback for off-season
golf: new england patriots head coach bill belichick (not
to mention pats Qb tom brady). actually, tebow might
have played the at&t, but he is still recovering from rib
and lung injuries suffered in denver’s 45-10 loss in foxborough on Jan. 14. belichick, who is lucky if he gets in 10
rounds a year at sankaty head gc in nantucket, mass.,
his home course, learned the game caddieing at the u.s.
naval academy gc (belichick’s dad, steve, coached
navy football) in annapolis, md. although the man who
has guided the pats to five super bowl appearances in his
12 years at the helm played last year’s at&t at pebble (as
a 16-handicap, with tim petrovic), no doubt he would like
to take his inspiration from 2005, his first appearance at
the longstanding tour event. belichick didn’t get a practice round in with partner larry mize that year because
he had to squeeze in an appearance on “the tonight
show with Jay leno” between new england’s super bowl
XXXiX victory in Jacksonville, fla., and his arrival on the
monterey peninsula—an inconvenience he would gladly
endure again. —Tim Murphy (@Tim MurphyGW)
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