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Gun incident may change Phoenix forever
T he
implications are
terrifying :
S ecurity o fficers w restle the
arm ed a ssailan t to the ground.
A man with slurred speech w ait
ing on the sixth tee box for T iger
W oods, sh o u tin g his nam e. A
inan becom ing indignant w ith a
police officer. A man bragging he
is carry in g a firearm . A m an a r
rested after a w restling match with
the police.
A m an w ho, upon fu rth er in
spectio n , w as indeed carry in g a
con cealed w eapon
“ Y o u ’re k id d in g m e ,” P h il
M ickelson said Nope.
“ I t’s very, very sc a ry ,” John
D aly said. “ Som e people think
w e ’re babies about w hat is going
on at No. 16. W ell, i t ’s because
w e ’re scared. W e’re w o rrie d .”
T he d ark est fear o f any ath lete
su rfaced Sunday at the Phoenix
O pen, a v u ln erab ility that can be
ex p o sed by any fru itcak e w ith a
p isto l. It ev o k ed m em ories o f
M onica S eles, once stabbed in
the back d u rin g a chan g eo v er in
G erm any, the target o f a crazy fan
looking to h elp o u t S teffi G raf. It
w as rem in iscen t o f the lunatic
from C lev elan d w ho d rove to
Florida in search o f slugger A lbert
B elle, w ho had left the Indians
and signed w ith the W hite Sox.
And suddenly the T hunderbirds
have a new problem :
M e ta l d e te c to r s u n d e r th e
bridge? A com plete ban on alcohol
sales? B ulletproof vests for the
golfers? A to u rn am en t w ith o u t
fans? O f co u rse, we are m aking
no assu m p tio n s, no accu satio n s
o f grassy k n o lls or a ssa ssin a tio n
p lo ts. T he m an arrested , B rian K.
M urphy o f P h oenix, had a perm it
for his firearm , m aking its p re s
ence p erfectly legal. B u t ...
W ho in the hell carries a gun to
the g o lf co urse? B efore he m et
w ith the m edia, before he was
p rep p ed by secu rity guards c o n
cern ed about the im age o f the
T PC , W oods was asked w hat he
saw on the sixth tee.
“ A guy w ho got into som e kind
o f sc u ffle ,” W oods said. “ He had
a few c o c k ta ils, from w h a t I
h e a rd .”
A guy w ith a gun stash ed in
his fanny pack.
“ W h at?” he said in d isb e lie f.
“ 1 d id n ’t know it was that b a d .”
W ith P hoenix’s huge galleries,
T ig er w as not alone in the d esert
for long. This from a m an o f
m u ltie th n ic d e sc e n t w h o has
co m p lain ed o f death threats in
the past.
“ I still get them ,” W oods said
w ith rem arkable calm. This is not
the first tim e a fan w ith a firearm
has been arrested in the v icin ity
o f W oods. It happened in D allas
five or six years ago, w hen W oods
was an am ateur playing a p ra c
tice round by himself. Two women
w ere a rre ste d w ith guns in th e ir
backp ack s, on th eir w ay to w here
W oods was practicing. Som e day,
the rough edges o f so ciety w ill
get a clue.
“ T h ere are d e fin ite ly som e
crazy p eo ple out th e re ,” Payne
Stew art said. “And there is a black
and w hite issue out there. I t’s
sad, but i t ’s the w ay it is. A s I
understand it, T iger has had som e
death threats before, w hich is why
he has so m any secu rity g u ard s.”
S adly, racism is an issue, and
w hen it com es to harm ony and
acceptance o f all colors, w ell, it’s
no secret th at A rizona still has a
factio n o f the W ild W est m ilitia
Sheppard
Quarterbacks
Coach
living inside its b o rders.
O f co u rse, this co u ld happen
anyw here. But the im age o f the
Phoenix O pen w ill prevail over all
lo g ic , and th e ra u c o u s a tm o
sphere that m akes the tournam ent
so fun w ill now be a m atter o f
s e r io u s d e b a te . M o re th a n
4 2 2 ,0 0 0 p e o p le a tte n d e d th e
P hoenix O pen. B ecause o f one
idiot, there w ill likely be substan
tia l changes in policy.
“ I ’ve done som e crazy things
w hen I w as d ru n k ,” D aly said.
“ I t ’s b ecause o f alcohol. People
do stupid things w hen th e y ’re
drunk. A nd th a t’s w hy i t ’s so
scary. A ll it should take is one
incident to make them a little more
p ro te c tiv e o f o u r sa fe ty .”
T h at in c id e n t has o c cu rred ,
so iling a w onderful w eekend o f
dram a at the TPC. A |V
w eekend w hen the
1 6 th h o le r o c k e d
w ith h arm less c e l
e b r a tio n . W h en a
course played like a
m ajor and a g o lfer
nam ed R occo M edi
ate challen g ed h im
s e lf to g reatness.
N o w , a s to r y
about a m an and a gun w ill m ake
the rounds, and som e golfer m ight
pass on this to u rn am en t in the
future. A g o lfe r no lo n g e r co n
cerned about the noise. A g o lfer
concerned about his life. C om ing
back. T iger?
“ I d o n ’t know ,” he said. “W e ’ll
se e .”
So long, T iger. A nd the P h o e
nix O pen as we know it.
(Above left) Security guards
wrestle down the gunman.
(Above right) Tiger wasn't alone
on the green for too long.
KIRKLAND, W A -T h e Seattle
Seahawks named Mike Sheppard
the teams quarterbacks coach, Mon
day
Sheppard, who will be in his sev
enth NFL season in 1999, joins the
Seahawks following two seasons as
the San Diego Chargers’ offensive
coordinator/wide receiver’s coach.
“I’ve known Mike for a long time,
dating back to B YU,” saidExecutive
Vice President o f Football Opera-
tions/General Manager & Head
Coach Mike Holmgren. “He brings
a tremendous amount o f passing-
game expertise to the table and I feel
extremely fortunate to add him to our
staff here in Seattle.”
Prior to his stint with the Charg
ers, Sheppard served as the Balti
more Raven’s wide receivers coach
in 1996. Hespentfiveyears(1987-91)
as the head coach at the Univeisioty
ofNewMexico. Hewasalso the head
coach at Long Beach State from 1984-
86
Sheppards other coaching stops
include Kansas (1983) as offensive
coordinator/quarterbacks coach,
Long Beach State (1982) as quarter
backs coach, Idaho State (1980-81)
as quarterbacks and receivers coach,
U.S. International (1979) as the of
fensive coordinator/quarterbacks,
Brigham Young(1977-78)asagradu-
ate assistant and Cal Lutheran (1974-
76) as receivers coach.
Sheppard, 4 7, graduated from Cal
Lutheran, with a bachelor’s degree
in business, where he was a two-
sport star in football and baseball.
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