Sundays are for football. But for more and more 49ers, the offseason is for taking hacks at a tiny, dimpled white ball.
Of the Niners’ 90-man offseason roster , more than 40 were trying to keep their front-nine scores under 40, so to speak.
And that doesn’t count golf hound Robert Saleh , who is back as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator after four years away from the Bay Area tee boxes as the New York Jets’ head coach.
Entering the golf chat this offseason was Nick Bosa, the 49ers’ premier defensive end. Not surprisingly, the 27-year-old five-time Pro Bowler has been a quick study.
“Bosa’s great. He already broke 90. He is very controlled,” fullback Kyle Juszczyk said. “He did it right, where he got lessons first. Whereas everyone else, like, you play for a number of years, and th