Steve Younger, former BYU and NFL quarterback, speaks on stage in the course of the Silicon Slopes Summit on the Vivint Area in Salt Lake Metropolis on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ben B. Braun, Deseret Information
BYU and San Francisco 49ers legend Steve Younger grew to become the primary left-handed quarterback to ever be inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame, however on Saturday he confirmed that there's one sport he performs right-handed.
Showing on the American Century Championship, a celeb golf event in Nevada that Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry gained, Younger instructed Matt Maiocco of the “49ers Discuss” podcast that he has golfed right-handed since he was a teenager.
“i didn’t have the cash nor the curiosity on the time to particular order lefty golf equipment,” Younger mentioned. “I’m lefty in all the things, so I simply realized to play righty, and as my caddie Lionel will say, that’s most likely half the issue.”
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Younger instructed a narrative of how he was just lately golfing with Michael Vick, one other former left-handed NFL quarterback.
“He was offended,” Younger mentioned of Vick relating to his right-handed enjoying. “True lefties like I'm are a bit offended by that, so I believe I offend myself a bit bit by this.”
Younger, 61, was just lately half of a big layoff at ESPN, the place he had labored since 2001.