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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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