Not A Laughing Matter

When comedian Alfonso Ribeiro tees it up, he’s all business

HE HAS BUILT A CAREER out of making people laugh, starting as a child actor on TV’s “Silver Spoons” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and now as host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” But there’s one thing you won’t catch Alfonso Ribeiro joking about: golf. - Ribeiro takes the game seriously. He plays three times a week and sets aside five to six hours on a fourth day just for practice. - “I’m a very technical player,” says Ribeiro, who won TV’s “Dancing with the Stars” competition in 2014. “Before I step on the first tee, I know what club I’m going to hit, the angle of my second shot.

I have a game plan for every hole. That’s how I live my life. I reverse-engineer everything.”