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NCAA basketball and golf assignments for CBS, this man spends 44 weeks a year on the road. He's been just about everywhere, yet chose Pebble Beach as the place to put down roots. "When I was 9, my family lived in Moraga for a short while," he recalls. "My dad brought us here and it made a lasting impression on me." Later visits as an adult sealed the deal. Each win- ter since 1986, he has brought the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am to dens and living rooms around the world. "That first year, I got this crazy idea," he recalls. "'I need to live here.'" He and then-fiancée Courtney purchased their property in October, 2011, and moved in on their wedding day: June 9, 2012. "To me, this is a place for spiritual refresh- ment," Nantz says. "Three or four days a week I lead this crazy, high-energy life on the road. It's the polar opposite of being here." There is one particular place in Pebble Beach that holds an almost spiritual hold on him: the 7th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links. "Every time I came here, I would go sit on the fence there and watch the dawn. It was a place (top) Jim shares a laugh with pal Clint Eastwood at a pre- vious AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. (bottom) The Nantzes exchanged vows on the 7th hole at Pebble. "This place has spiritual meaning to me," Jim says. "It's magical." 120 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 7 Photos: TGO Photography