Interesting read on Gurley's golf game and Grantham at Louisville

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1. Georgia's Gurley opens up about ... golf Georgia star running back Todd Gurley is a man of few words. In interviews the 6-foot-1, 226-pound junior’s answers are generally short and to the point. His bothersome sprained left ankle that plagued him last season is now healed (“It’s good.”). The three games he missed last season because of the injury are ancient history, even though he still rushed for 1,385 yards and 17 touchdowns. (“It kind of sucked.”).

Outside of staying healthy for a Bulldogs team that will need him plenty this season with a new starting quarterback in Hutson Mason, Gurley has no individual goals (“I’m ready to go. I’m back at the top.”).

But ask Gurley about golf, his increasingly favorite hobby, and he suddenly opens up a little. “It’s just fun,” Gurley said. “Once you hit that first ball, you just keep going and going.”

Gurley took up the sport in May at the recommendation of Bulldogs kicker Marshall Morgan and punter Collin Barber, both avid golfers. He’s just as blunt in his critique of his early trips to the driving range. “I sucked pretty bad,” Gurley said.

But Gurley is much improved now after visiting the range two to three times a week this summer. So far, his greatest golf accomplishment is making a birdie. He’s also figured out one of his strengths: putting. “That’s where the money’s at,” Gurley said with a laugh.

And Gurley is likely to make plenty after this season if he declares for the NFL draft as expected. He could be the running back that breaks the streak of one not going in the first round the past two years.

“I’m going to get there one day,” Gurley said. He’s talking about his golf game again, not his NFL future.

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