HASTINGS, Minn. — Driver? 3-wood? Or 19-ton excavator?
Audie Cole and Michael Mauti are more than golf buddies. The linebackers have been close friends since Mauti arrived three years ago in Minnesota in Cole’s second year with the Vikings. In addition to all the time they spend together in meetings, practices and games, Cole and Mauti enjoy a wide array of activities off the field.
The duo recently had a unique opportunity on an off day to build a tee box, place a basketball at the top of the pile and do a 360-degree swing of the bucket attachment of excavators in a long drive contest like no other.