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SPORTS Wednesday 8 February

Only at Pebble
can the wind A MIGHTY

and rain be

appealing
for golf LOVE

DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP)
— Any other day, any
other course, and the golf
course might have been
empty.
Gusts approached 40 mph
and felt even stronger on
the holes exposed along
the Pacific coast. Rain fell
sideways. Seagulls chose
to walk.
This was not the “felicitous
meeting of land and sea,”
as Pebble Beach is known.
It was more of a confronta-
tion.
But it was Tuesday at the
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-
Am, and that was enough
to make Jerry Kelly climb
out of bed in morning dark-
ness and call the PGA Tour
rules staff to make sure
Pebble Beach was open
for play.
“I called Dillard Pruitt to
see if they would let us on
the course,” Kelly said. “He
said, ‘I hate to say it, but
you’re good to go.’”
And so they went.
Kelly brought along his am-
ateur partner, Green Bay
Packers quarterback Aar-
on Rodgers, and two am-
ateur friends for a match
they had talked about for Cavaliers stun Wizards in OT
a year. Kelly said there was
no hesitation about play-
ing. Rodgers painted a
slightly different picture.
“We had a little call this
morning about whether or
not we wanted to do this,” Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kev-
Rodgers said with a grin in Love (0) gets a high five from
as he ducked behind the Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie
mesh netting of a television Irving (2) after Love was fouled dur-
tower behind the eighth ing the second half of an NBA bas-
ketball game against the Washing-
green. “But they’re great ton Wizards, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017,
guys.” in Washington.
Associated Press
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