*So not me personally exactly.

I asked Rob Demovsky, who covered Brett Favre at the Green Bay Press-Gazette for years, if he could offer us a little insight on the man. He graciously provided this very funny account of a round of golf they played.

Rob, who blogs as well, sent me this:

When my new friend, Jane McManus, asked me to share some of my favorite Brett Favre stories. One in particular came to mind, and it had nothing to do with football, but it should tell you something about Favre’s competitive nature.

Here it is:

Playing golf with Brett Favre is probably a lot like playing baseball with Michael Jordan.

It’s not his best sport, but he’s good enough to fake it. He’s ultracompetitive and expects the same from his playing partners, which can be intimidating, to say the least.

So there I was with Favre a few years ago, on a rare December day when it actually was golfing weather in Green Bay — meaning it was about 38 degrees.

It was a Friday afternoon — two days before the Packers were to play the Chicago Bears — and Favre called to set up a game at Thornberry Creek Country Club, a course on the west side of Green Bay, only a few miles from Lambeau Field.

The first hole at Thornberry Creek is a downhill par-4 that doglegs to the right. Favre hit a big drive that carried the crest of the hill and cut off the corner. I hit a decent drive, but it stayed on the top level of the fairway. I had about 190 yards to the green.

First, you should know that playing golf with Favre means playing fast. Usually, that means separate carts. He in his cart, you in yours.

Naturally, Favre drove straight to his ball, got out of his cart and was ready to hit his approach. Problem was, he was directly in front of me about 25 yards away, meaning I had to hit a 4-iron in near-freezing conditions over the head of the three-time NFL MVP.

“Brett, move,” I politely asked.

“Just hit it,” he replied.

“C’mon, move out of the way,” I asked again, even though I knew he wasn’t going anywhere.

So now I’ve got to get the ball airborne — otherwise, I imprint the Callaway logo from my ball into the forehead of perhaps the greatest player in Packers history two days before one of the biggest games of the year. The only thing I could think about while standing over the shot was: “If I skull this and it hits him in the head, it’s going to knock him out.”

I could just imagine the headline in the Green Bay Press-Gazette the next day: “Errant golf shot KOs Favre, ends record consecutive-game streak.”

Somehow, I managed to get the ball in the air, and disaster was averted.

But that’s what playing golf with Favre is like. He challenges you to do things you think you might not be able to do. I imagine it’s much the same way he made his teammates better over the course of his career.

Favre loves to talk trash on the course, much the same way he barks at opposing defensive ends.

He also loves to play for money. Not a lot of cash, but something must be riding on every shot. If he’s owed money, one of the richest men in sports is there with his hand out to collect the $20 or $30. If he owes, you have to chase him to the parking lot to get him to pay up.

Favre can hit a golf ball a long way, but not always straight. He can bail himself out of trouble and hit greens from some unlikely places. His chipping and sand play are better than average. His major weakness is putting. He can hit 16 out of 18 greens in regulation and still shoot 75.

During the last few years of his career, he stopped playing golf on a regular basis. He dropped his membership at Oneida Golf & Country Club in Green Bay shortly after the 2006 season. It wouldn’t be a shock if he gets back into the game — and gets even better at it — after his playing days are over.