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Counting Sheep? Steve Young Counts Shots at Pebble Beach Every Night
NCGA Golf caught up with Steve Young on the Pebble Beach practice green before the annual San Francisco 49ers-Giants Chevron Charity shootout. Young helped teammates Jerry Rice, Brent Jones and Dwight Clark defeat the Giants on the five-hole whisky route.
HOW MUCH DO YOU GET TO PLAY? I’ve got too many little kids. I’ve got four under 14. If I can get one to fall in love with golf, I could get out more and have more excuses to play. But I think about golf all the time.
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HOW’S YOUR GAME? I was with Hank Haney on the driv- ing range, and he solved it all. I was killing it. So if Hank can walk with me everywhere, I’d be great.
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WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING? I started playing growing up in the mean streets of Greenwich, Conn. But there were only righty clubs in the garage, so that’s why I started playing righty. I always wondered if I would be a better player lefty, but that would be hard now.
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DO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU WHEN YOU PLAY? I play at Palo Alto Muni and Stan- ford. In Palo Alto, people don’t care.
They’re like, ‘Whatever. You’re not Steve Jobs. You play football? Do you play sports? Are you a sportsman?’ + + +
IS IT EXCITING FOR YOU TO PLAY PEBBLE BEACH? Honestly, when I go to bed, I play Pebble. That’s how I go to sleep. I’ve played it 10,000 times. I’ve gotten to hole 5 or 6, but I usually birdie No. 1, birdie No. 2, and then fall asleep. It’s funny that I’m here, because that’s literally what I do. I’m going to take in No. 1 and try to remember each tree as I go to sleep tonight.
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WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON HOW THE SUPER BOWL ENDED? It was a compelling matchup to watch, more so than the last few Super Bowls. That last play, I’ve never seen an inside throw from the 1-yard line. In my whole life. I was standing about 10 yards away, and no one was more shocked than me.
HAVE YOU EVER THROWN A ROUTE LIKE THAT? Not from there. I mean, from the 5-yard line? From the 8? Yeah, you can do that with a little more space. But not from the half-yard line. No way. It took a lot of people making mistakes for that to happen. It’s so unfortunate that every- thing came down to that one play.
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WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THE CHANGES THE 49ERS HAVE MADE? A lot has happened. I just don’t know the players. I don’t know the coaches. I guess we hope it works. It’s obviously a high-risk move, people without history, without heritage, without a resume. But Andy Reid was a special teams coach and took a head job and did great. You just jump behind Jim (Tomsula), and hope he does well.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RUN THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS HAVE PUT TOGETHER? It is incredible. Usually when you see a dynasty, there are five guys going to the Hall of Fame, and they are the reason they are winning, and you put people around them. But this is a group that figured out a way to go win it. You almost get a feeling when they get in the playoffs. I can feel that they are going to win it. I don’t know what it is about them. I’m sure they have a tough time putting the calculus to it all, but it is fun to watch, and fun to be a part of.
SPRING 2015 /
NCGA.ORG / 15
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