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HIGHLAND — It’s been 30 years since I teed it up on a golf course with Ty Detmer.
So much has changed, but he’s still the same guy I watched almost drive No. 8 at East Bay Golf Course in Provo when he was a college freshman.
Detmer still hits a long rolling draw with his 50-gram stiff-shafted Nike Vapor driver. And he’s got skills all over the course with this game he’s loved all his life. He might have a gray hair or two, but he’s still got the grin, dry humor and ultra-competitive mindset. He’ll become a grandfather in November. What’s different from 1988 to today is that the 1990 Heisman winner can’t go anywhere without requests for photos, selfies and handshakes, a fame he cannot hide.
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