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I know, I know Ty is gone, but i found this artical of of bluegraysky.blogspot.com, and found it hilarious:
When football's over, Willingham tees it up
You like a person who has his priorities in place.
When asked to list his, Tyrone Willingham, the new football coach at Washington, answered quickly and directly, as if he'd thought through the possibilities many times:
"Football, family, God and golf."
"My idea of a perfect time," continued Willingham, "is to finish a day of work, join my wife, go out to the golf course with the sun setting, and play three holes."
When told that playing golf in the Northwest can be fun with a good pair of shoes and a warm sweater, Willingham asked, "when isn't golf fun?"
Willingham loves the game, although he didn't start playing it until he was an assistant coach at Michigan State in 1978.
"Sherm Lewis took me out to play. I can remember the course, Forest Acres," he said. "On the first hole I had 14. That did it for me, right then.
"I said to myself, 'I can beat this game.' Little did I know."
Willingham is a good player. Reflecting his reputation for seriousness and integrity, he said, "my last index was 8.4."
"When I finally start playing again, in the spring, I'll probably play to a 14 or a 15, but then I'll start getting better and improve until it's August and it is time to put the clubs away again."
While the game baffles us all, Willingham believes in the power of coaching.
"If you took the time to get quality instruction and then had the discipline to believe in the instruction the game wouldn't be as difficult," he said.
It shouldn't be surprising, given his reputation, that Willingham likes the ethics surrounding golf, the pressure and privilege of deciding what's the right call yourself.
"It's a great game for those who like to compete," he said. "It demands you pay attention to detail."
Growing up in Jacksonville, N.C., Willingham said he never considered playing golf. "The country club wasn't exactly available to us," he said.
But since then, he has played a lot of great courses, including Augusta National.
His favorite?
Pebble Beach.
When football's over, Willingham tees it up
You like a person who has his priorities in place.
When asked to list his, Tyrone Willingham, the new football coach at Washington, answered quickly and directly, as if he'd thought through the possibilities many times:
"Football, family, God and golf."
"My idea of a perfect time," continued Willingham, "is to finish a day of work, join my wife, go out to the golf course with the sun setting, and play three holes."
When told that playing golf in the Northwest can be fun with a good pair of shoes and a warm sweater, Willingham asked, "when isn't golf fun?"
Willingham loves the game, although he didn't start playing it until he was an assistant coach at Michigan State in 1978.
"Sherm Lewis took me out to play. I can remember the course, Forest Acres," he said. "On the first hole I had 14. That did it for me, right then.
"I said to myself, 'I can beat this game.' Little did I know."
Willingham is a good player. Reflecting his reputation for seriousness and integrity, he said, "my last index was 8.4."
"When I finally start playing again, in the spring, I'll probably play to a 14 or a 15, but then I'll start getting better and improve until it's August and it is time to put the clubs away again."
While the game baffles us all, Willingham believes in the power of coaching.
"If you took the time to get quality instruction and then had the discipline to believe in the instruction the game wouldn't be as difficult," he said.
It shouldn't be surprising, given his reputation, that Willingham likes the ethics surrounding golf, the pressure and privilege of deciding what's the right call yourself.
"It's a great game for those who like to compete," he said. "It demands you pay attention to detail."
Growing up in Jacksonville, N.C., Willingham said he never considered playing golf. "The country club wasn't exactly available to us," he said.
But since then, he has played a lot of great courses, including Augusta National.
His favorite?
Pebble Beach.
