SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Florida head coach J.C. Deacon was furious.
Two Octobers ago, one of Deacon’s star players, Fred Biondi, was scraping it around Isleworth Country Club, on his way to a second-round 77 in one of the biggest college tournaments of the season, when Deacon lost patience with his then-junior and ripped Biondi in front of everyone.
“I’ve probably never been madder at a player,” Deacon admits now. “But I was so passionate because I’d spent so many hours with him on the range, watching him hit these perfect shots over and over again, and then he gets on the golf course, and he wouldn’t do it, he wouldn’t trust himself.