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Teddy Greenstein: Urban Meyer, still adjusting to life after coaching, is as intense on the golf course as he was on the football sideline

COLUMBUS, Ohio - While coaching at Ohio State, Urban Meyer was a first-off-the-tee guy. He would motor through 18 holes as the sun rose over central Ohio, finishing by 8 a.m.

"He goes fast - just like his offense," said Brian Kelly, the head pro at the Ohio State Golf Club. "It's a 2-minute drill."

So when Meyer arrived at the first hole (10th tee) at 9 a.m. for this round on the spectacular Scarlet Course, the legendary former Buckeyes golf coach Jim Brown ribbed him: "Are you sleeping in now?"

Not exactly. We planned to play a pre-breakfast 18, but the Monday storm that produced tornadoes in Illinois and Ohio caused a nine-hour O'Hare

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