MICKELSON AND CADDIE SPLIT Phil Mickelson and his caddie have decided to part ways after 25 years of one of the most famous player-caddie relationships on the PGA Tour.
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They are Jordan Spieth and his caddie, Michael Greller, not Danny Willett and his caddie, Jonathan Smart.
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"When you're a caddie and you're carrying a guy's bag, it's amazing the number of people you caddie for that when they have a bad shot they don't blame you, and then there's some people that blame the caddie even though the caddie had nothing to do with a bad shot," says Langone.
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Oliver Horovitz, golf writer, longtime caddie, and author of 'An American Caddie in St. Andrews,' gave FOX News a preview of what to expect.
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The caddie, Ian Wright, was forced to stop en route and wait until Thompson's own caddie met up with him to retrieve the misplaced passport.
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" According to Forbes, caddie payments can range in amount, but "most established players pay around 8% of winnings and 10% for a win to their caddie.
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On the 15th, Phelps's caddie forgot to retrieve his golf bag from the middle of the fairway, and Spieth's caddie, Michael Greller, gave Spieth a bad number for his second shot.
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"It's not great fun to caddie around here," he said.
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Maybe they like me because I have a Bethpage caddie.
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The locals, Mr. Caddie said, were supportive of the move.
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Caddies can request financial assistance through the Caddie Benevolent Fund.
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"He's just really, really chill," said Koepka's caddie, Ricky Elliott.
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"That was awesome," were Spieth's next words to his caddie.
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Dr. Rajiv Shah President, The Rockefeller Foundation First job: Caddie I grew up in suburban Detroit, and my first job was as a caddie at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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Fassbender was a caddie at the Killarney Golf Club in Ireland.
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Only now it's his ball and the caddie has switched it.
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As it happens, Hahn's caddie, Mark Urbanek, is a voracious reader.
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She then asked him to caddie for her at the Open.
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"I think I'd rather caddie for him than play," Love said.
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Typically, a tour caddie will make 10 percent if his player wins.
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Kevin Na is making sure his caddie knows how much he's appreciated.
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" To which his caddie Michael Greller replied: "Yeah, there's a rake there.
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I'm a caddie who frequently works on the Latin American PGA Tour.
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"Where do I hit it?" he asked his caddie at one point.
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"We're going to pick up the ball," Andy Sanders, Walker's caddie, said.
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"He doesn't seem like he's even nervous," said Koepka's caddie, Ricky Elliott.
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"It was hard to get him back," said his caddie, Brett Waldman.
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Ortiz, a regular caddie at the Mayakoba Resort near Cancun, told Golf.
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While McCarthy took a few practice swings, his caddie stood behind him.
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At least he has his caddie, Joe LaCava, there to back him up.
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"Tee to green he was fine," Day's caddie, Colin Swatton, said between rounds.
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"I don't want to get ahead of myself," Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, said.
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He was surely the only caddie to sign more autographs than his player.
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SOUTHPORT, England — "You're Rory McIlroy," the caddie J. P. Fitzgerald told his player.
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Using a local caddie, Langley won the Panama Championship in Panama City, Fla.
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Colin Swatton, Day's longtime coach and caddie, likened Day to a Formula One driver.
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His caddie, Steve Catlin, would approach him with a suggestion to use his wedge.
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Mickelson talked about it with his caddie, Jim Mackay, as they approached the green.
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As he began the short downhill walk, he stopped and turned to his caddie.
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He had also fired Williams, his longtime caddie, and left his management company, IMG.
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Watson's caddie Bruce Edwards offered some encouragement to his boss to chip it close.
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As for the caddie, Janewattananond needed one because he had traveled from Thailand alone.
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Dan Scavino Jr., who was the president's caddie, is the director of social media.
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"She worked out, had custom-made clubs and had a caddie," Morgue d'Algue added.
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McIlroy split with J.P. Fitzgerald, his caddie of nine years, after the British Open.
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Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, kept counseling patience, advice that Woods accepted through gritted teeth.
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They have been calling him Romeo, the name of the caddie in "Tin Cup."
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Mickelson's younger brother and caddie, Tim, suggested people discount Mickelson's chances at their peril.
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Woods' usual caddie Joe LaCava, meanwhile, is expected to still in attendance at Hero World Challenge, but like last year, will be taking a break from his caddie duties and solely be there to provide tips and jokes to the temporary stand-ins.
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Something had to give, and as so often is the case, it was the caddie.
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He was certain that McCarthy's caddie had not been the only one to inadvertently transgress.
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Family members and friends caddie and often participate with an occasional tee shot or putt.
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His wife Audrey, young sons Harvey and Ollie, walked alongside him in caddie white overalls.
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It is her first time as a caddie and she didn't put a foot wrong.
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Scavino worked his way up from caddie to general manager and then joined Trump's campaign.
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She walked with a sun umbrella and relied on caddie Matthew Galloway more than usual.
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Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, gave her the glove that Woods had used in the round.
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Olson is also flourishing with her brother, Nathan Anderson, on the bag as her caddie.
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He was soon caddying and, playing on caddie-only days, developed a smooth golf swing.
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"I think I had a second caddie out there," Knight, from Texas, told Golf World.
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Andy, now a chef, was, like his brothers, inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame.
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"(My caddie) Billy just kept talking me through it, saying just be patient," Fitzpatrick said.
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Dan Scavino Jr., who was Mr. Trump's golf caddie, is the director of social media.
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With Mr. Schroeder as my caddie again, I teed off early from some longer tees.
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My caddie always tells me to believe in myself and love each shot that I play.
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" But Trump's caddie goes, "No, this is the president's ball; your ball went in the water.
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My best friend was into the same, and his mom forced us into this caddie program.
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The caddie master's name was Skip and he was all kinds of racist and anti-Semitic.
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He and his caddie, Michael Greller, did not make the same mistake on the Blue Monster.
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It was a stunning turn of events that left Spieth's caddie, Michael Greller, with no words.
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Jim "Bones" Mackay has been Phil Mickelson's caddie for the last two and a half decades.
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Erica Herman, Mr. Woods's girlfriend, and Joe LaCava, his longtime caddie, were also in the audience.
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Woods invited his caddie, Joe LaCava, to stay with him on the yacht during the tournament.
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Mickelson says his brother, Tim Mickelson, will caddie for him for the rest of the year.
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"It means I don't need to change the caddie bib for next year either," he joked.
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"You're not going to find a caddie that's played in 23 U.S. Opens," Dru Love said.
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While the caddies ultimately lost their suit, the legal battle opened the possibility for caddie sponsorships.
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He was a self-taught golfer and learned as a caddie at Royal Swazi Country Club.
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A week later, he and his caddie, Michael Wellington, pulled into Shinnecock shortly before 5 p.m.
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He then paid the caddie, David Ortiz, $503,250, an exceedingly small amount by professional golf standards.
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When Phil hired me in 1992, I had one dream: to caddie in a Ryder Cup.
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I'm just going to enjoy my day and talking with a lot of things with my caddie.
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Describing the caddie payment as a "tricky situation", Kuchar on Wednesday recalled the conversation with his grandmother.
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If he becomes Aaron Rodgers's goal-line caddie, he's gonna work his way into the RB2 conversation.
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Here's Kisner, talking with caddie Duane Bock on Saturday about club selection on the tricky 12th hole.
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" More worryingly, his caddie, Steve Williams, said of Woods, "He hasn't been able to walk too well.
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He also tightly embraced his caddie, Joe LaCava; his girlfriend, Erica Herman; and his agent, Mark Steinberg.
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Things were going so well for Chappell that he told his caddie he wanted to shoot 57.
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His caddie, Michael Greller, got the yardage and came over to see what Spieth had in mind.
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Daly said he had been trying to throw the club to his caddie, who was not looking.
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"My dad's my caddie," Olson told Woods, "and my inspiration is what you had with your dad."
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Langley proceeded to write a personal check to his caddie for more than $11,000 because he had agreed up front to pay him 10 percent of whatever he made at the tournament on top of the flat rate for a caddie, usually $500 to $800 on that circuit.
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The news comes a month after another former world number one, Rory McIlroy, dumped his caddie, J.P. Fitzgerald.
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Caddie Steve Williams and his raging ego are back on the bag this week, which helps Scott's chances.
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Most of the resulting stories were pretty horrible, because as a caddie, those are the ones you remember.
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Robert Redford directs this fantastical story starring Matt Damon as a golfer and Smith as his mystical caddie.
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Turning serious, Cespedes huddled with the caddie they were using and asked about the direction of the wind.
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So the caddie took out a tool that looked like a small periscope and did some quick measuring.
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Chappell was paired with Charley Hoffman, whose caddie, Brett Waldman, was surprised they had any gallery at all.
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Ninety minutes before Woods teed off, his caddie, Joe LaCava, said he was not sure what to expect.
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"It's going to appear that we take maybe a fraction longer," said Day's caddie and coach, Colin Swatton.
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Mickelson's younger brother, Tim, is filling in as his caddie, and he tried to keep the mood light.
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It was anything but for David Giral Ortiz, Kuchar's temporary caddie at the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico in November.
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"We won one of the majors," said British Open champion Spieth, the 'we' referring to himself and his caddie.
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His previous caddie J.P. Fitzgerald was on the bag at all four of McIlroy's major victories between 2011-14.
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Janewattananond is the only golfer in the field on the facility's Black Course who is using a local caddie.
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His caddie headed to a Golf Galaxy store, using a video app so Hatton could look at the options.
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"I didn&apost know until [Woods&apos caddie Joe LaCava] told me coming off the 18th green," Woods said.
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"Where's Mom?" she asked her caddie, who pointed to a spot in the gallery a few hundred yards away.
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He asked for his yardage, but instead of giving a figure, the caddie said it was a 7-iron.
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Kuchar still plays table tennis; his caddie, John Wood, said Kuchar was the best at it on the tour.
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Kuchar also said Wednesday that he had subsequently offered Ortiz $15,000 more, but the caddie didn't accept the offer.
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Two dozen people, including Day's caddie, Colin Swatton, hunted for Woods's ball, which was found nestled in the rough.
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Mickelson carded his only bogey of the round on the next hole but wisely refrained from blaming his caddie.
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"I've never been to Ireland, but my caddie, it's his hometown, so I'm looking forward to it," he said.
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McCarthy did not address the ball and backed off to line up his shot after his caddie stepped away.
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For Ortiz, a local caddie who is also known as El Tucan, that would have amounted to about $130,000.
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"All I could tell my caddie was, 'This guy's going to be good someday,' " Aphibarnrat recalled two weeks ago.
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His inability to put himself in the place of the local caddie he employed while winning a tournament in Mexico in November caused Kuchar a whole lot of heartache, and it was only on Friday that he decided to pay the caddie a lot more money for his work than he initially did.
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Battered by criticism that he had essentially stiffed a caddie who helped him win a tournament last November in Mexico, he took action to make amends on Friday, issuing a statement in which he apologized for his initial actions and also said he had now paid the caddie a good deal more money.
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If you're feeling colorful you can get a set of 3 Plastic Tote Caddie Baskets in red, blue, and green.
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After Ko fired her caddie in mid-October, Leadbetter cited fatigue as a possible reason for her drop in form.
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Dan Scavino Scavino, a former caddie at one of Trump's golf courses, holds the keys to the castle: Trump's Twitter.
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He became the most influential male in Day's life: coach, caddie, confidant and corrective influence for his abusive, controlling father.
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On one occasion, another caddie and I saw a guy finger one of the strippers while his friends were putting.
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"To be honest, I don't think I really want to continue," said one caddie, who asked not to be named.
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"With the flags and everything, it's as emotional as I've ever felt about a win," said Rose's caddie, Mark Fulcher.
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Kuchar's caddie, John Wood, stood by his man all day only to be separated from him for the medals ceremony.
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His drive landed in a fairway bunker and, after consulting with his caddie, Joe LaCava, Woods opted to lay up.
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She has also been very poised, finding rhythm with an old putter and having her brother, Curtis, as her caddie.
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At No. 18, he told his caddie, Harry Diamond, that he wanted to shoot three under on his back nine.
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A garden gnome, wearing the white coveralls of a Masters caddie, greeted me on the campgrounds when I visited Friday.
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"There is no give-up in us," Spieth said, using the plural in a nod to his caddie, Michael Greller.
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Luke List, who finished tied for 20th here, employed Roth as his caddie for several months while Cantlay was sidelined.
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The Swede initially looked shocked and reluctant to celebrate, before finally breaking into a big smile and hugging her caddie.
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Scott Sajtinac, the caddie for Troy Merritt, said a tournament volunteer from the area had called the course Tick Central.
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We read "Caddie Woodlawn" and "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and had a class rat that we could pet.
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After Spieth's airborne back-to-chest bump with the caddie Michael Greller was complete, Berger missed his long birdie putt.
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He had even needed a pep talk from his caddie after being "bummed out" by a double-bogey at the 11th.
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Scavino met Trump as a 213-year-old golf caddie and has spent much of his adult life by his side.
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Caddie Carl Jackson also looked to be back in good health, carrying the clubs of two-times Masters winner Ben Crenshaw.
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Ortiz, a caddie at the course where the event was held, stepped in because Kuchar's regular had been unavailable that week.
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After his practice round Tuesday, Kevin Na sat in the trailer's kitchenette booth with his caddie as they went over yardages.
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"The thing I learned in all these different jobs was to try and study people, especially as a caddie," says Langone.
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For almost 20 years, García's caddie was Glen Murray, who provided the temperamental García with a ballast of stability and steadiness.
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"I didn't even think of it," he said, until his caddie informed him as they were walking off the ninth green.
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Hall then hugged Pornanong, her playing partner from Thailand, before being lifted off her feet by her caddie and father, Wayne.
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He turned to his caddie and said, "We might have to hit a provisional," fearing the ball had left the property.
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He looked unsure how to react after his final shot, so he sort of shrugged and hugged his caddie, Jimmy Johnson.
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Mr. Caddie, a former district councilor and youth worker, has led community development projects before, but this is his most ambitious.
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"I'm a morning person," Stone told Reuters, before having a friendly dig at his caddie Teagan Moore who was standing nearby.
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In the second round, McCarthy was penalized after his caddie briefly stood behind him to discuss a shot at No. 15.
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Jordan Spieth, with his father, Shawn, filling in for his regular caddie, Michael Greller, whose father died, opened with a 75.
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After taking his time settling over the ball, Scott stepped away and briefly conferred with his caddie before addressing the ball again.
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Before leaving, however, he found time with caddie Michael Greller to watch a recording of the final round of the British Open.
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After winning the November tournament, held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Kuchar paid his Mexican caddie, David "El Tucan" Giral Ortiz, $103,000.
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I talked to my caddie and he said, 'it's no problem, it's an easy line so just put it in the hole'.
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After the winning the tournament, held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Kuchar paid his Mexican caddie, David "El Tucan" Giral Ortiz, $5,000.
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Ortiz had never worked with Kuchar before, and was filling in for the golfer's regular caddie, according to the New York Times.
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Many top golfers keep their heads down during a round, their eyes locked on their target, or their ball, or their caddie.
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Simpson's caddie, Paul Tesori, who pushed for going early, recently estimated that it might have cost Simpson $5 million in tournament earnings.
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Mickelson and the caddie Jim Mackay, known as Bones, say the decision to split was mutual and not based on an episode.
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"I don't really need a caddie," she told reporters after her six-under-par 67 on Friday at Thirteenth Beach Golf Links.
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Ai Miyazato, a former women's No. 1 from Japan, was unaware of the club's policy until informed last week by her caddie.
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After signing her scorecard and meeting with reporters, she headed for the presidential box, with her husband and her caddie trailing behind.
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His caddie, Michael Greller, advised laying up with a 3-iron and relying on his sharp short game for a possible birdie.
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"Stevie's great attributes are he feels what's going on so much — more like a player than a caddie, I think," Scott said.
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Tesori made nearly $200,000 at the Players Championship, based on the 10 percent cut of the prize money a winning caddie typically gets.
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The former world number one then grabbed a wedge and took a swing without even trying to get a yardage from his caddie.
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Williams was famously Tiger Woods' caddie for 13 of his 15 major titles, including his U.S. Open win at Pebble Beach in 2000.
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He knew it was good when he hit it and just walked straight over to his caddie, Michael Greller, to grab his putter.
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Michael Bolton is PUMPED on the Tiger Woods comeback tour -- and says he's down to hit the links with Tiger ... as his caddie!
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Edmondson, da Silva's former sponsor from Zimbabwe and the man who introduced him to the game, served as the golfer's caddie on Thursday.
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Koepka's caddie Ricky Elliott is a member at the course, making him one of the most knowledgable men on the links this weekend.
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His caddie is his sister, Callie, who began an internship a week ago but asked off from work to carry her brother's bag.
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"With (my) caddie and trainer, everybody is like a team and so everything is coming together, including the swing coach," Uehara told reporters.
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Co-leader Choi was particularly pleased with her score after only one practice round, leaning heavily on her father-caddie Ji for advice.
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I also wanted to observe the interplay between Spieth and his caddie, Michael Greller; at times they've seemed to be on different pages.
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The family was to head to Augusta National next, where Leishman planned to enlist Audrey as his caddie in the par-3 contest.
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Brittany, who played on the women's team at Coastal Carolina, has put off her competitive career for now to caddie for her sister.
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Na's remarkable chip came after a heated exchange with long-time caddie Kenny Harms on the previous shot on the par-four ninth.
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John Wood, a veteran caddie who works for Matt Kuchar, spent Monday morning walking the course by himself, stopping often to take notes.
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Molinari first participated in the Masters in 2006 as the caddie for his brother, Edoardo, who qualified as the United States Amateur champion.
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Last week, two days after finishing in a tie for fourth at the British Open, McIlroy parted with the caddie J. P. Fitzgerald.
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After consulting with his caddie and coach, DeChambeau pulled out of the tournament and didn't touch a club for the next three days.
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For Jordan Spieth, it was more of the same with two long putts and another comment filled with bravado directed at his caddie.
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Though the caddie had moved away before Li completed his stance, European Tour officials still decided the Chinese player had breached the rule.
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His caddie introduced Mr. Oza to the makers of his favorite beef jerky, and he has helped turn that business into Chef's Cut.
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Johnson credited Damon Green, who has been his caddie for more than a decade, with keeping his mind from checking out before Friday.
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Caddie Scott Sajtinac, who worked the Phoenix Open for Luke List, was watching on television with other caddies when the McCarthy transgression took place.
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Scavino, a lucky 16-year-old who happened to be in the right place at the right time, was selected caddie for Trump's party.
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He has also enlisted the advice of a 37-year veteran Pebble Beach caddie in another effort to ensure a good course set-up.
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"I think it'll be plenty," she said to her caddie about the club of choice, their conversation audible to nearby spectators including her father.
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The 42-year-old sheepishly raised his right arm to acknowledge the applause, before sharing apologetic high-fives with his caddie and playing companions.
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It was another round of consistent golf from Paisley, whose wife Keri acted as his caddie this week with his regular bagman on holiday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When Graham DeLaet was in need of a caddie for the Rio Olympics, he did what any Canadian would do.
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To the Sports Editor: In high school I worked as a caddie at a golf course in central Massachusetts that held several PGA tournaments.
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"I paid my caddie that week half what I earned the entire year when I won six times on the Alps Tour," Wallace said.
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She knows what it takes to perform in the caldron of competition, and her resting state is cheerful, both ideal qualities for a caddie.
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One of Justine's brothers, Kessler Karain, is his caddie and another of her brothers, Dan Karain, was visiting from Texas to lend his support.
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Thompson birdied the final two holes, hitting to a foot on 18 after her caddie, Benji Thompson, talked her into a lower-lofted wedge.
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"I've called Joey a few times this week to say, 'I see three different breaks here,' " Woods said, referring to his caddie, Joe LaCava.
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But before she reaches out to him, she said, she watches videos taken by her caddie to try to correct her swing by herself.
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"They all say they want to move home if there's a decent job," said Mr. Caddie, 45, referring to people who have left Ruatoria.
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His caddie, Tim Tucker, went scrambling for distance information to the pin, trying to use whatever nearby landmarks might give him the best estimation.
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As any Erin Hills caddie will tell you, the hardest par 5 on the course is the ninth hole if you miss the green.
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Then Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, broke the news of Bryant's death as the two walked from the 18th green to hand in his card.
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For most of his professional career, except for a temporary separation in 2014, he has had the same caddie, Glen Murray of South Africa.
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Caddie Herden said that Ko had taken the whole thing in her stride, determined to try her best in her title defense last weekend.
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McIlroy had One Direction singer Niall Horan as his guest caddie last year and his then fiancee Caroline Wozniacki did the job in 2014.
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At that point, McIlroy said, his caddie, Harry Diamond, told him to forget about trying to catch Johnson and concentrate on consolidating second place.
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Smiling ear to ear, he ran over to his caddie shouting, "You beauty," only, in typical Jarrod fashion, with an expletive added for emphasis.
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Reed's wife, Justine, who used to be his caddie, also was nowhere to be seen, depriving Reed of his two main pillars of support.
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After 25 years together, Phil Mickelson and his caddie, Jim "Bones" Mackay, are mutually parting ways, according to a statement Mackay gave on Tuesday.
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Several months later, Lietzke finally opened his bag at his first tournament of the season to an overwhelming stench, his caddie no longer a disbeliever.
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Thomas had five-times major champion Phil Mickelson's former caddie, Jim 'Bones' Mackay, on his bag since his usual looper is unavailable due to injury.
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In his late 20s, Scavino was promoted to general manager of Trump National Golf Club at the same course where he started as a caddie.
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"From last week, I have so much more confidence," she said, disclosing she also had a local police officer working as her caddie this week.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — "I'm not going anywhere," Jason Bohn told his caddie on Friday as he rummaged through his golf bag outside the Quail Hollow clubhouse.
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On one green, Fowler's caddie, Joe Skovron, tossed him a ball; Fowler, doing his best Willie Mays impression, made a basket catch using his cap.
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Following her triumph, Ko took the traditional leap into Poppie's Pond next to the 18th green along with her mother, sister, caddie and caddie's fiance.
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After all their years together, Swatton, who doubles as Day's caddie, has a great grasp of his swing and a greater insight into his personality.
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"When a golfer's struggling, usually the first thing to go is the caddie, then the coach, then maybe someone else, like an agent," Day said.
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"I knew I was one (shot) back going into the last four holes," he told NBC television, speaking via his caddie who acted as interpreter.
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"I talk a lot out there on the golf course to my caddie when I'm playing, and that's kind of his release, too," Kisner said.
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After Stenson posted a six-over 76, his highest score of the week, his caddie, Gareth Lord, reached into the bag to retrieve his iPhone.
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After an errant drive on No. 14, Rahm muttered to his caddie, Adam Hayes, that he shouldn't hit the shot until he could visualize it.
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Charles, one of nine children, grew fascinated by golf, even though the course where his father worked would allow blacks only to caddie, not play.
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"We're going to be doing a lot of videos on our own as the caddie association and promoting the sponsors through social media," he said.
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Nicole Broch Larsen is probably not discussing much about yardage and lines with her caddie this weekend at the Vic Open in Barwon Heads, Australia.
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"I was having a hard time not crying coming up the last hole," Woods said after sharing a moment of celebration with caddie Joe LaCava.
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Coming off three missed cuts in his last four events, he was five-over through six holes when his caddie gave him a pep talk.
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He stood statue still over the ball for several seconds before his approach at the par-5 17th, prompting his caddie, Steve Williams, to intercede.
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"I had an agreement with my caddie at the start of the week and I paid him accordingly," Langley said on Saturday, with a shrug.
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Mickelson's caddie and younger brother, Tim, said he could not speak to the science of gum chewing, but he could vouch for Mickelson's improved focus.
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Aptly nicknamed "LB," the hefty Blount gained notoriety as a T.J. Duckett–esque fantasy football hero last season, serving as Tom Brady's goal-line caddie.
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Swatton has been a father-figure for Day, doubling as caddie and coach — a role he will maintain — for the 29-year-old Australian's entire career.
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The Mexican caddie nicknamed El Tucan recently ended his silence, saying he received only $5,000 after Kuchar's victory, according to a story published Tuesday by Golf.com.
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As the ball disappeared into the cup an adoring gallery stood and applauded while Watson hugged his caddie Neil Oxman, his wife, his children and friends.
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Arccos Golf showed how it's using AI to create a virtual caddie for golfers that is able to assess a player's stroke, weather and other conditions.
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His caddie, Michael Greller, spent the last few holes of Friday's round in Spieth's ear, reminding him that one bad week does not a crisis make.
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"So he calls me a couple of names and I go back and forth with the guy," LaCava — who has been Woods' caddie since 2011 — continued.
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After hitting his final approach shot he held his arms aloft in celebration and hugged his caddie, assured finally that there would be no late disaster.
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"I've been talking with my caddie and some of my coaches and (I have to) figure out how to play a little more aggressive," Putnam said.
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"The player-caddie dynamic is often one of the most compelling and unique narratives being captured during our coverage," NBC's lead golf producer Tommy Roy said.
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A call was placed to the van driver, who had to pull over, find her bag, locate the passport and hand it off to her caddie.
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"My father missed a couple of shots today but it just happens because wind is every time switching, so very difficult for the caddie," she said.
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Now working as a golf caddie in Rio, "Wiz" is hoping in some fashion to end that jinx and help land DeLaet on the Olympic podium.
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Someone turned it into the caddie headquarters the next day, and Ghim, with book in pocket, guided his son, a Masters rookie, to low-amateur honors.
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As his failures piled up, Homa took to practicing at the far end of the range on tournament weeks, away from the player-caddie foot traffic.
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He repeatedly whipped out his phone from his back pocket and handed it to his caddie, Michael Greller, who videotaped the swing for Spieth to study.
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An article in some editions on Monday about Brooks Koepka's victory in the United States Open misspelled the given name of his caddie in some copies.
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As he surveyed the situation and mentally checked off his options, he was calmed by something his caddie, Michael Greller, had told him six holes before.
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If you do the math, that caddie probably earned 12,13 euros (about $13,000) in bonus payments over the fixed fee for the week that covers expenses.
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If the tournament is being held in a city with a high cost of living, that might not be enough for the caddie to break even.
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After being heckled recently by American fans chanting, "Pay your caddie," Kuchar said he was not concerned about the reception he will receive on Mexican soil.
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Chalmers initially thought Woodland had finished with a birdie but after the Australian hit a fairway-splitting drive, his caddie informed him of the American's unfortunate finish.
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Ortiz was an emergency replacement for Kuchar's regular caddie, John Wood, who had prior plans when the golfer decided at the last minute to enter the event.
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Li was penalized when his caddie, who had been standing behind him, moved to the side after he had started to take his stance for a putt.
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Leader Dufner, unhappy with the state of his stagnant career, changed pretty much everything at the end of last season, including his instructor, swing, equipment and caddie.
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Ko acknowledged she had been nervous trying to maintain her final-round lead, and credited her Australian caddie Dean Herden for keeping her from getting too excited.
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He would rate you and write down the amount he wanted to pay and tip, and then you would cash out in the caddie shack with Skip.
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The 21-year-old singer is hitting the golf course to caddie for his friend Rory McIlroy during the Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, ESPN reports.
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And as his skills became evident, he told Sports Illustrated in 1986, some club members let him borrow their clubs to play the course on caddie days.
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She also had Pensanti's caddie bib from Olympia Fields with her — her way of telling her father that she had practiced hard and it had paid off.
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My caddie, Mark Schroeder, a retired teacher, urged me to play from the middle "Sand" tees, which made the length of the course a modest 6,100 yards.
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Caddies will be paid, through the caddie association, to have a logo on items associated with their trade, like a hat, bag strap, towel, even yardage books.
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Greller, his caddie, eschewed the chic boutique properties that ring the nearby beaches and spent the first two nights here with his wife at a budget hotel.
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Dan Scavino, the White House's social media director, first met Trump at one of the president's golf courses, where he worked as a caddie as a teenager.
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It was only after Grace made his par putt that his caddie, Zack Rasego, told him that he had just played his way into the record books.
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McCarthy stepped away before hitting the shot, and when he came back to the ball and set his stance, his caddie was standing off to the side.
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That would assuredly be Hightower, and while touchdowns have been tough for Ingram to come by, Hightower would still be Drew Brees's caddie, and that means something.
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Adam Scott of Australia celebrates with his caddie David Clark after his winning putt during the final round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida.
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Tiger Woods' caddie is about to get a day off after a fan recently won the chance to step in as the golfer's assistant during a charity auction.
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The winning bid was considerably higher than last year's, when Jim Williams paid $50,000 during the Tiger Jam silent auction to caddie for Woods, according to the outlet.
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"He just reminded me that it's up to me what mood or mindset I'm in," added Donald, who was "sacked" by long-time caddie John McLaren in October.
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A caddie for his brother Edoardo in 2006, Molinari "carried the clubs and prayed that (Edoardo) was going to hit good shots," the Italian told reporters on Tuesday.
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But once Lincicome was there, her husband, Dewald Gouws, observed that she wasn't smiling as much as usual or conversing as readily with Missy Pederson, her longtime caddie.
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While Thomas quickly tried to put the mishap behind him, his sixth-hole fiasco stuck with Jordan Spieth's caddie, Michael Greller, who watched Thomas's woes unfold on television.
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The last time they had played together, at the amateur Jones Cup in 2011, Bryan shot 92, fired his father as his caddie, and withdrew from the tournament.
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It was born in the heart of a young French farm boy, Bernard Pascassio, who worked as a caddie at Golf de Chantaco in St.-Jean-de-Luz.
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Reed had his swing coach Kevin Kirk carrying his bag after his brother-in-law caddie was ejected from the event for clashing with a spectator on Saturday.
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A couple of days after the decision, he competed in a Monday qualifier for the Nashville Open and carried his own bag, forgoing the use of a caddie.
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I was a caddie at the time and watched on tiptoe at the pro shop window, glued to the television inside as images of golf's great tragedy unfolded.
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Caddie Fleetwood told Reuters he was trying to get in touch with English world number 11 to put the player's mind at ease that the money would be refunded.
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"In college I just kind of let it rip so when I came out here I told my caddie that's what we're going to do this week," he said.
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Professional golfer Matt Kuchar is speaking out after news broke that he paid his caddie only $28,210 after winning $210 million at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in November 2018.
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Scavino, a former golf caddie for Trump turned campaign aide and pugnacious White House social media chief, is frequently seen at the President's side and on his Twitter feed.
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The normally stoic 24-year-old burst into tears when victory was secured as she hugged her caddie David Jones after barely displaying a hint of emotion all day.
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Though Smith and Blixt come from opposite sides of the globe, they are both now based in north Florida and were brought together by the Swede's New Zealand caddie.
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Caddie Dean Herden, who carries the bag for Ko, told Reuters it was "absolutely ridiculous" the Korean Tour does not make an exception for players given invitations to majors.
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He employed Iwata's manager and caddie, Mei Inui, to carry his bag, and he said she lifted his sagging spirits when his lead shrank from seven strokes to two.
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I ended up splitting with my then caddie Jon [Smart] and luckily my best pal Sam Haywood stepped in to help out, but he was also there for support.
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"My caddie just told me, 'I want to go eat dinner,'" said a smiling Wu, referring to club champion Scotty Patel, who put his local knowledge to good use.
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By the third day the American was staring into the abyss, losing a third straight match with Webb Simpson and seeing his caddie ejected for clashing with a heckler.
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He noted that this year marked the 100th anniversary of his maternal grandfather's debut as a pre-teen caddie at Pebble Beach, where he made 25 cents a round.
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Expats can treat themselves to a bottle of sparkling wine for around $25 and a round of golf on a pro course with a caddie for about $1.503 a day.
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Golf star Davis Love III didn't make the cut for the U.S. Open this year, but he'll still be hittin' the links ... as a caddie for his son's PGA debut!!
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A former caddie for the PGA Tour also tweeted a photo of a pile of yellow ribbons at the event, as well as a sign that pledged support for Lyle.
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This will not mark Mackay's first taste at announcing as he and Matt Kuchar's caddie John Wood worked together during the RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia, two years ago.
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Mike Hicks, the lead plaintiff, has been a caddie for nearly 35 years and has worked for leading golfers such as Greg Norman, Payne Stewart, Steve Stricker and Justin Leonard.
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And if they hadn't, Woods could count on his then-caddie-slash-bouncer, Steve Williams, to convey the message, however he saw fit, that Woods was not to be disturbed.
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When Greller was about to caddie in his first Masters, in 2014, he sought out Jackson to try to absorb some of his knowledge about Augusta's bedeviling breaks and slopes.
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To minimize contact between golfers, most courses had closed clubhouses and snack bars, removed bunker rakes and ball washers, gone caddie-less and encouraged the use of online payment options.
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So his caddie, Jonathan Smart, asked 15th Club to study the 2015 data on ball locations at Augusta National and develop a plan to improve decision-making on the course.
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Austin Johnson also is Dustin Johnson's caddie, and his response to the unexpected stumble provided a glimpse into the dynamics of one of the more intriguing collaborations in men's golf.
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His father, who had parted ways from Mid Carolina because of what he described as a contract dispute, was available to be Dustin's caddie during the three-stage qualifying school.
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"I figured we spent so much time together, I'm paying a caddie, so if my brother wanted to do it, I would rather have him on the bag," Dustin said.
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"A lot of the pros struggle to come to terms with the changes in distance, particularly the young pros," said Alan Burns, a professional caddie who works for Justin Harding.
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I think some editors and students wanted the yearbook to be some combination of Animal House, caddie shack and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which were all movies in that time.
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Monday's caddie tournament, sponsored by AT&T, will offer a first prize of $1,500 in two categories – one for scratch golfers and the other for those with handicaps three and higher.
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"After that, I just said to (caddie) Harry (Diamond), 'let's just try and hit fairways and greens here, and if we do that, we're going to be OK'," he told reporters.
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Though there were several top-earning auction packages, perhaps the most notable was the opportunity to caddie for Woods, 43, for a day at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
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I'm pretty sure he pays his caddie well, since no matter how far into the woods he hits the ball, it's in the middle of the fairway when we get there.
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"Harvey Penick's Little Red Book," a short manual of pithy anecdotes and golf tips from a lifelong caddie, is not a Buddhist text, but it's not all that far from it.
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Here's busty model Lindsey Pelas and her cleavage leaving The Nice Guy in Los Angeles and telling us exactly how she's gonna make the Masters hot this year ... as a caddie.
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A sad-faced Fleetwood (71) made bogey and finished third, two shots behind Im, who broke into a smile and hugged his caddie in the locker room when victory was assured.
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He returned to his childhood coach, Alan Thompson, and persuaded a longtime family friend, Ian Finnis, to leave his job as a teaching pro at Formby Hall to become his caddie.
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Day's father sometimes struck him after he played poorly, but after his father's death, a teenage Day fell under the sway of Colin Swatton, who became his coach, caddie and champion.
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Others took notice of Donald's improvement, including the instructors of Jason Day and Jordan Spieth, and the caddie of Rickie Fowler, and those three players are among Broadie's roughly 30 pupils.
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After he lost his father, Dening stretched the family's meager finances to send Day to the boarding school where he met Colin Swatton, who became his swing coach, caddie and confidant.
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In the parking lot, a group of reporters interviewed Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, who was leaning against the back of a courtesy Mercedes S.U.V. "I'm happy he won today," he said.
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Kuchar, who won the tournament, his first Tour victory in four years, pocketed a check for just under $1.3 million, a contrast to what he paid substitute caddie David Giral Ortiz.
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He was later rocked by the 2016 death of his best friend and caddie who was hit by a car when the pair were on a night out in Newport Beach.
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After a poor drive left him with an unplayable lie, Spieth and his caddie took nearly 20 minutes to use their knowledge of the rulebook to plan out the perfect shot.
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In a typical PGA Tour arrangement, a caddie receives a flat rate of $1,0003 for a tournament, which helps cover expenses, and a bonus worth 10 percent of the golfer's winnings.
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Pongbot can hold up to five cups in its plastic caddie, and it will either automatically whiz itself across the playing surface or it can be maneuvered with a small remote control.
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On 17 I was fine, I just didn't hit that putt hard enough and then I asked (caddie) Alex, 'what are we at?' and he told me that Matt went birdie-birdie.
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At the leafy Country Club in the east of the capital, two men along with their caddie were playing golf on May 7th across the road from an elegant white stucco mansion.
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"We want to play it," said world number three Ariya of the course as she and Moriya stood in their white caddie overalls outside the clubhouse on a warm and cloudless afternoon.
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The Korean American golfer gave his caddie, Kenny Harms, the 1973 Dodge Challenger he won when he nabbed the top spot at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday, according to USA Today.
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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Lee Westwood admits his caddie knows little about golf but that's alright because the person carrying his bag around the Royal Portrush links is his girlfriend Helen Storey.
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The four-times major winner also sacked long-time caddie J.P. Fitzgerald and replaced him with close friend Harry Diamond, who is expected to stay on the bag, according to media reports.
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Defending champion Stacy Lewis is not part of the field as she's due to give birth to her first child in November, but her longtime caddie, Travis Wilson, is working with Alex.
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One caddie told Reuters he had lost the stomach to appeal the ruling, while the president of the caddies' association told Golf Channel he was ready to put the matter behind him.
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Chun needed to sink a 10-foot par put on the 18th after sending her tee shot into the rough but captured her second career major after her caddie raised the stakes.
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"Michael and I were trying to set a goal after No. 7 to get two birdies to get back to even par on 18," Spieth said, referring to his caddie, Michael Greller.
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So when Mr. Caddie and Mr. Ehau began holding public meetings this year to solicit investment, their message — offering jobs and a chance to reverse the town's fortunes — found an eager audience.
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When Park won, the usually stoic star sobbed on the shoulder of her caddie, David Jones, who said his player was feeling pressure after missing four cuts in her previous six events.
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Amy Alcott, the Hall of Famer who won 29 events on the L.P.G.A. Tour, saw Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava, in the players' parking lot on Wednesday and approached him with the tip.
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One caddie, who refused to provide his name for fear of losing his job, said that as a Democrat who did not support Mr. Trump, it was difficult working at the course.
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At the turn, Fowler's longtime caddie, Joe Skovron, reminded Fowler that with his near-flawless play during the first three days, he had given himself the wiggle room for an imperfect finish.
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The news broke while Woods was in the early part of his round, and though it spread around Torrey Pines quickly, caddie Joe LaCava refrained from telling his boss during the round.
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His caddie, brother-in-law Kessler Karain, finally snapped after the third defeat on Saturday and clashed with a spectator as he and Reed drove a golf cart back to the clubhouse.
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"Twenty-one under par at Torrey Pines is great golf, " Rose said, dedicating the win to his caddie, Mark Fulcher, who is hospitalized but doing well after having heart surgery last week.
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"This has been an unbelievable experience," he told the crowd, which included his mother Kutilda, 75; daughter Sam Alexis, 11; son Charlie Axel, 10; girlfriend Erica Herman, 43, and longtime caddie, Joe LaCava.
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At the U.S. Women's Open in July, Park and her temporary American caddie Jeff King were forced to use hand gestures and draw pictures on a notepad to get around the language barrier.
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Wearing a caddie bib after he carried his grandfather's bag, Gary "GT" Nicklaus Jr. stepped up to the ninth hole at Augusta National's par-3 course and took his swing, according to ESPN.
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Molinari, playing alongside former world number one Tiger Woods in the final round, produced a joyful first-pump and hugged his caddie after holing a five-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole.
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As if the pressure of playing the final was not enough, Ruffels had to switch bag carriers with a few holes left when her coach/caddie had to leave to catch a flight.
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He entered the week having made 216 caddie appearances since 1997 at Mission Hills Country Club and two celebratory leaps into Poppie's Pond, with Grace Park in 2004 and Lorena Ochoa in 2008.
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Mr. Caddie and Mr. Ehau hope to open a processing facility in Ruatoria next year, but they say that if they cannot find a suitable site they will look in the nearest city.
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The biggest putt was the eagle from 50 feet on the par-5 15th at the Open, now famous for Spieth playfully barking at his caddie, "Go get that!" when it dropped in.
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When Willett tugged his drive left on the par 5, 15th hole on Sunday, he and his caddie wasted little time deciding to lay up to his "money zone," 993 to 100 yards.
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As it stands now, a player pays the caddie a weekly fee, mostly to cover expenses, and a percentage of his earnings, which could be as high as 10 percent for a win.
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During his slump since winning the Masters title at Augusta in 2016, Willett replaced his coach Pete Cowen with Sean Foley and also changed his caddie in a bid to start firing again.
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After getting himself in a solid position heading into the weekend of the year's first major, world number seven Molinari could not help but reflect on his remarkable journey from caddie to Masters contender.
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While the Italian said his chance to caddie at Augusta National gave him motivation to improve his game he added it was also hard not getting a chance to swing a club that week.
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Some other big names also will take positive vibes to the PGA Championship, including Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy who tied for fifth at seven-under in his first start with new caddie Harry Diamond.
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Tesori shot 68 in last year's caddie tournament to finish a stroke behind winner Mark Urbaneck, a part-time marathon runner who can break par and still finds time to work for James Hahn.
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WOBURN, England (Reuters) - Liz Young's husband-caddie provided a perfect summary after his expectant wife's brave bid to qualify for the last two rounds of the Women's British Open ended in disappointment on Friday.
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"I did not see it like that, dude," he said to caddie Michael Greller as his approach shot from the rough at the par-four fourth flew further than expected and over the green.
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For Ko, 23, happiness was a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole, after which she collapsed into the embrace of her caddie, David Brooker, who has guided three players to this championship.
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Duane Smith, Sarah Jane Smith's husband and her caddie since qualifying school, could only compare her current play with a clutch Futures Tour performance she had to earn her Tour card a decade ago.
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"The biggest thing about being a caddie is knowing your player, knowing what to say to them, what not to say or when to leave them alone and not say anything," Dustin Johnson said.
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Since the 2015 season, Valspar, a paint company owned by Sherwin-Williams, has been sponsoring the Caddie Hat Program on the PGA Tour; caddies can earn money by wearing hats with the company's logo.
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They receive points in the yearlong competition for a share of a $500,000 pot, mostly based on how often a caddie wears a Valspar hat and if his player does well on the weekend.
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Arccos Caddie Smart Sensors, $199.98 on sale (originally $249.99), available at Amazon [you save $50.01]If your dad is a big golfer, this performance-tracking system is a fun addition to his golf bag.
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He watched the weekend of the British Open, where Henrik Stenson prevailed in a high-quality duel with Phil Mickelson, because he is close to Mickelson and his caddie, Jim Mackay, known as Bones.
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"They've just written more gray areas into the game that were not necessary," said Scott, who won't make a drop without asking his caddie or a nearby official if he has the height right.
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Rose said he and his caddie knew they were being tested on the front nine, a stretch in which he mixed two birdies with a pair of bogeys, and so they decided patience was paramount.
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But his caddie, Jim Mackay, walked the course and took notes in case of a first-round delay, however unlikely, caused by an electrical storm worse than the one that battered the course Tuesday morning.
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Reed's caddie Kessler Karain, who is also the golfer's brother-in-law, had a heated altercation with a fan after Reed and Webb Simpson were thrashed 5&3 by the Internationals in the morning fourballs.
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Curry was participating in the practice round at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe on Thursday ... when his own caddie grabbed a basketball and put the NBA superstar in a blender!!
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Wie, who had her neck massaged on course, contrived a makeshift ice pack after fishing ice cubes out of a tee-side cooler, and trailed her caddie keeping a hand on her golf bag for balance.
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AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Tom Watson struck a blow for the old timers and Jack Nicklaus's 15-year-old grandson and caddie capped a rollicking, fun-filled U.S. Masters Par-423 Contest with an ace on Wednesday.
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PGA rookie Grayson Murray asked Lindsay to caddie for him at Augusta via Twitter, she accepted, and when we got her out in L.A. she told us what's in store for the biggest event in golf.
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"She's a great caddie and hopefully we can lean on that experience over the weekend, get ourselves in a position where we both want to be and can both thrive under the pressure," said the Australian.
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"I'm pretty sure he pays his caddie well, since no matter how far into the woods he hits the ball, it's in the middle of the fairway when we get there," she said with a laugh.
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Mackay, who is not retiring, is the only full-time caddie Mickelson has had in a career that has brought him 45 victories worldwide, five majors and a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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The next part, perhaps not so much: "That was a whiff," Chappell said to his caddie, Joe Greiner, immediately clearing up any possible confusion about whether it had been a practice swing or an actual attempt.
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Lee Trevino, who won back-to-back British Opens in 1971 and 1972, famously gave his caddie a lesson in the various ways to play the same shot over the bumps and humps of Royal Birkdale.
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"This is not for the guy who caddies for the seventh-ranked player in the world, since he does very nicely," said Sean Russell, the chairman of the European Tour Caddies Association and a professional caddie.
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From the drop zone on the 12th, he fatted a wedge into the water and was reaching for another ball from caddie Michael Greller almost before it fell from the sky, 20 yards short of dry land.
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Mackay, who walked alongside Mickelson for all but one of the left-hander's 42 PGA Tour wins, including five major titles, becomes the first full-time PGA Tour caddie to be signed for a tournament broadcasting role.
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Before running social media for his campaign -- where he was once brought on stage and lauded by Trump -- Scavino was caddie at Briar Hall Country Club in New York's Hudson Valley, a course Trump would soon buy.
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At that point, the English player Tyrrell Hatton turned to Paul Tesori, Simpson's caddie, and asked if he remembered Ty Webb, Chevy Chase's character from the movie "Caddyshack," who could knock in putts from anywhere, even blindfolded.
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Before Leishman went wire-to-wire this month to win the third of four events in the recently completed FedEx Cup playoffs, Jim Mackay, the former caddie of Phil Mickelson, described him as golf's most underrated player.
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McCormick and Spieth's caddie, Michael Greller, consider Spieth's perfectionism a double-edged sword: It motivates him to keep working diligently, but he can be steered off track by the internal torrent of negativity when he falls short.
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After sinking the final putt to clinch his 10th PGA Tour victory, Johnson pumped his right fist in delight, and then lifted his putter to acknowledge the loud roars from the crowd before being embraced by his caddie.
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Koepka, seeking to complete one of the greatest major championship years after going second, first and second at the Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open, was guided around Portrush by caddie Ricky Elliott, who hails from the area.
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PEBBLE BEACH, California (Reuters) - Former world number one Jason Day has hired caddie Steve Williams with an eye toward adding to his single major victory, and has told his new bag man to give him some tough love.
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After holing his second shot from just under 100 yards at the par-four 11th, his second hole at Pebble Beach, Oosthuizen raised his arms in triumph and broke into a broad smile before high-fiving his caddie.
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To make it through the 7,459-yard course, where carts are typically banned, he steered his way along the sides of the course as his caddie, Peter Van Der Riet, walked the entire time and carried his bag.
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"I think they're all ready to, I don't want to use the phrase 'pay it back,' but I think they all want him to see him do well and be positive with it," said Woods's caddie, Joe LaCava.
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As he has since his first practice round here, Spieth, 23, walked like a man in a trance, so engrossed in the task at hand that nothing but the voice of his caddie, Michael Greller, pierced his reverie.
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But when he walked off the tee at the fifth hole after his drive ended up in the water, Spieth said he turned to his caddie, Michael Greller, and told him he had no idea what went wrong.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - World number 10 Park Sung-hyun, the leading money winner on this year's KLPGA Tour, is set to link up with Paula Creamer's caddie Colin Cann when the Korean switches to the U.S. LPGA Tour next season.
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"It's been affecting me the way I play because they're competitors and they're good friends," the 23-year-old told reporters after hugging her Australian caddie Graham Courts and her father, among others, as tears streamed down her face.
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But when our extremely white photog revealed he used to caddie at one of the snootiest clubs in Jersey, Lopez played the race card ... telling us he LOOOOOOVES to make the white man his golf course he-bitch. Racist?
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President Trump is Still Mad Online, Vows to Keep TweetingPresident Donald Trump's friends and advisors have reportedly told him to use social media less…Read more ReadDan Scavino Jr. started his career as Donald Trump's caddie back in 1990.
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Woods's grousing about the flaws in his 68 reminded Joe LaCava, his caddie since 2011, of the olden days when Woods, a 79-time winner on the PGA Tour, set the bar so high only he could clear it.
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A 47-year-old man who would only give his nickname, "Twenty," said that he made upward of $200 a day as a caddie at the country club, which lies within the containment zone and was closed this week.
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Staying with host families allows players to save money, and Broch Larsen — who finished the 2016 season ranked No. 12 on the tour — chose to play without a caddie earlier in the season-opening tournament for exactly that reason.
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After the caddie-alignment episode with McCarthy, and several similar situations involving other players, the U.S.G.A. and the R&A issued a clarification: If players reset their stances after their caddies have surveyed a shot, there is no penalty.
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The British Open champion, who served as caddie for his brother at the 2006 Masters, fired a five-under-par 67 that was his best-ever round at Augusta National and gave him a share of the second-round clubhouse lead.
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AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - With the Masters' Champions Dinner just one day away, Fuzzy Zoeller's former caddie has disclosed a remark made by Tiger Woods that broke the ice after his employer's controversial comment had put their relationship in the deep freezer.
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After tapping in for a bogey — her first of the day — at No. 18 that secured a two-shot victory over Pornanong (133), Hall hugged her playing partner from Thailand before being lifted off her feet by her caddie, father Wayne.
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Southgate, who fired a seven-under-65 to share the lead with compatriot Paul Waring at Al Mouj Golf, aced his tee shot on the par-three fifth hole from 165 yards with caddie Gary Tilston picking a seven-iron.
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"My lag putting was really good and I made some good seven-eight-footers that kind of helped me keep the round going toward the end," said Scheffler, who received plenty of moral support from his caddie, older sister Callie.
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An ecstatic Knox tossed his cap across the green when the winning putt dropped as his Canadian caddie Bradley Whittle celebrated a second victory at the event previously known as the Greater Hartford Open, having worked for 1994 winner David Frost.
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A fist pump, a particularly aggressive high-five for his caddie and an air of unexpected joy followed as he walked up toward the hole with the tournament trophy — and the season-long FedEx Cup points title — suddenly within his reach.
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It comes complete with an eight-foot hitting net, FT launch zone hitting mat, and a pro caddie ball feeder, which feeds you a ball at a time with the touch of your club and holds up to 35 balls.
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"We've got funds in the bank and we want to get on with things, but we have to get on with it now," Mr. Caddie said, referring to the rush of companies hoping to cash in on the medicinal cannabis law.
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After three months apart, the newly re-minted world number one told reporters on Monday that he was pleased to be reunited with long-time caddie Mark 'Fooch' Fulcher, who had to take time off following heart surgery in January.
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After Spieth got off to a rough start, his caddie, Michael Greller, mentioned a recent photograph of Spieth posing with Phelps and the retired basketball icon Michael Jordan and reminded him that he belonged in the company of those sporting greats.
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It comes with a hitting net (8 feet by 8 feet), FT launch zone hitting mat, and a pro caddie ball feeder, which feeds one ball at a time with the touch of your club and holds up to 35 balls.
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"Congratulations, Joe!" they cried out to LaCava, who was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame this week in a ceremony held by the Western Golf Association, which runs the BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup playoff events.
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It began as a lark, with Dustin hiring his brother to carry his bag for tournaments in Australia and China in the fall of 274 so his regular caddie, Bobby Brown, could be at home for the birth of his child.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - World number one Jordan Spieth lurked one-shot off the lead before thunder halted the first round of the Singapore Open on Thursday but the American, missing his regular caddie, was left frustrated by his inaccurate approach play.
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Spieth's agent and manager Jay Danzi stepped up to carry the bag on a stifling first morning at the Sentosa Golf Club, with injury sideling regular caddie Michael Greller, and the duo struggled to negotiate the yardages to threaten the pins.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - United States captain Tiger Woods has asked fans to be "respectful" of his team at the Presidents Cup after Patrick Reed's caddie was stood down from the event following a clash with a spectator at Royal Melbourne on Saturday.
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His black cap and turquoise sweater both featured the Pebble Beach Golf Links logo, and his caddie carried a new TaylorMade bag that seemed tailor-made for Choi, with a silhouette logo of his follow-through, complete with the kick flourish.
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"Congratulations, Joe!" they cried out to LaCava, who was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame this week in a ceremony held by the Western Golf Association, which runs the BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup playoff events.
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In one famous story, he told his caddie at the end of the 1984 season to remove everything from his golf bag except his clubs, because he planned to put them away in his garage until he resumed his schedule the following year.
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He arrived at Riviera in a much more relaxed frame of mind than a year ago, when he was mired in controversy following criticism of his decision to pay a stand-in caddie just $5,000 from his winner's take at a previous tournament.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) - Adam Scott has made a deal with himself to be a bit tougher if he gets another chance to win the British Open and hopes caddie Fanny Sunesson can help him across the finish line at Carnoustie this week.
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" Roddick added, "The way he talks to his caddie, like he's on the golf course and there's a bunker 140 yards ahead of him and he's got a 3-wood in his hand and he asks, 'You think I can clear that?
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So when García, 39, decided last spring to part ways with Murray, citing a need for independence as he ended one of the more enduring caddie-player collaborations, his challenge was to find someone whose strength was reading him more than reading greens.
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He played an instrumental role in signing Dubai Duty Free, an airport retailer, as title sponsor through 2018, as did McIlroy's caddie, J. P. Fitzgerald, who has a longstanding relationship with Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman and chief executive of Dubai Duty Free.
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She was about to say more, but was distracted by the man who had offered his home near the ninth hole to Kerr, her caddie, her husband, other players and caddies and me as a refuge from an electrical storm that suspended play.
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On Saturday, after Reed, who partnered with Webb Simpson, was handed a third consecutive loss, Reed's caddie, his brother-in-law Kessler Karain, got into a physical altercation with one of the scores of hecklers who had been hounding Reed all week.
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If you want a 3-iron in your set, you may have to search a bit, as many iron sets made for average and high handicap players don't offer long irons anymore because long irons are difficult to hit properly, according to Where's My Caddie.
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Lee Ann Walker was made aware of the rule, which results in a two-shot penalty for each violation, by another caddie in her group while on her fifth hole of the second round in French Lick, Indiana, but by then the damage was done.
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Fowler was well aware of the rule change, but simply forget in the heat of the moment and took a drop from shoulder height so quickly that his caddie, who was zipping up a pocket in the golf bag, did not even see it.
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Watson, a two-time Masters champion, was greeted with ovation after ovation as he walked the rolling course where he had won in 1977 and 1981, doffing his cap repeatedly and tearing up on the 53th green after he thanked his longtime caddie Neil Oxman.
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On Golf FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Atiwit Janewattananond of Thailand, who is tied for second place heading into the final round of the P.G.A. Championship, had two overarching goals before he struck his first shot in the tournament: Shake hands with Tiger Woods, and find a caddie.
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As dusk approached, the rain briefly let up, and a battalion of men in baggy white coveralls—the official caddie costume at Augusta—fanned out across the range, to retrieve the hundreds of balls that the players had struck there earlier in the day.
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And through it all — as he rose from caddie to club repairman to superintendent to course designer — Bartholomew, a black man in the Jim Crow South, was barred from playing at Audubon or any other segregated private club, even those whose courses he designed.
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In "Billions," which premières on Showtime this week, he plays Bobby (Axe) Axelrod, a knockaround guy—Yonkers native, Hofstra grad—who scraps his way up from golf caddie to hedge-fund eminence: library benefactor, wearer of cashmere hoodies, keynote speaker at the Delivering Alpha conference.
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After three holes of Phil Mickelson's second round at the World Golf Championships event at Club de Golf Chapultepec, he summoned his brother from the gallery to caddie for him after his longtime bagman, Jim Mackay, became too ill with a stomach ailment to continue.
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In one well known story, he told his caddie, Al Hansen, at the end of the 1984 season to remove everything from his golf bag except his clubs, because he planned to put them away in his garage until he resumed his schedule the next year.
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The world No.3 won her sole major to date at the 2014 ANA Inspiration Van driver Ian Wright, a former caddie of Spanish great Seve Ballesteros, said finding Thompson's bag among nearly 40 others added to the delay, as did traffic jams once in England.
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LPGA officials met with Nomura and her caddie after her round to discuss a possible rules violation on the sixth where she had an awkward side-hill stance in a greenside bunker with the ball below her feet and had to dig in her left foot.
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There were angry scenes earlier when Patrick Reed's caddie clashed with a spectator after the U.S. golfer, heckled for three straight days for his waste bunker penalty in the Bahamas, was beaten in the morning fourballs with Webb Simpson, their third successive defeat in the Cup.
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These reforms were prompted by public outrage at thuggish royal behaviour, most notably that of Sultan Iskandar (father of Sultan Ibrahim), who was convicted of assault and manslaughter and only escaped prosecution for the fatal beating of a golf caddie thanks to his immunity as head of state.
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Mickelson's new caddie had an up-close look at his brother's wizardry on their 11th hole when, after finding the rough on the far side of the cart path on the 387-yard par-4 hole, Mickelson hit a rainbow flop shot through a small gap in the trees.
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Here are three things every caddie knows: The best golfers are the least asshole-ish guys; if someone's filthy rich and has no need to show off wealth, he or she is always nicer than the people who are moderately wealthy and have to brag about it; finally, most people cheat.
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But this would ultimately be a Masters defined by much younger men: by Spieth's unexpected implosion and grim-faced grace in defeat; by Willett's wide-eyed look of delight when, in the midst of a video chat with Nicole in the clubhouse, he was tackled by his caddie Jonathan Smart.
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For the better part of the past two years, caddie and player were separated by roughly 1,300 miles — LaCava in Connecticut, Woods in Florida — and a seemingly impassable expanse of uncharted territory as Woods entered his 40s and attempted to come back from several operations, including a back fusion last April.
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Kang, a California native, tried to do exactly that last week; she canceled a news media tour in New York so she could fly with her caddie, Cole Pensanti, to Los Angeles to visit the grave of her father, K. S. Kang, who died of brain and lung cancer in 2013.
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The South African switched from a 7-iron to an 8 on the par-3 seventh at the behest of his new caddie, Craig Connelly, and then celebrated from the tee as another huge Phoenix Open crowd roared for his third career hole-in-one — his first on the PGA Tour.
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He had prowled this putt, stalked this putt, talked to his caddie about this putt and, just before he settled over it, imagined this putt that would track perfectly toward the cup and give him a place in golf history as the first player to shoot a 62 during a major tournament.
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His mother, fearing for his future, sold the family home and borrowed money from relatives to send him to a boarding school eight hours away, where he came under the tutelage of Colin Swatton, who became his coach, caddie and a corrective influence in the place of Day's father, who had been abusive and controlling.
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In the 15-line statement, which was released while he was playing the rain-delayed first and second rounds of the Genesis Open in Los Angeles, Kuchar said he had now given the caddie, David Giral Ortiz, a much bigger sum than the $203,000 he originally paid him after capturing the first-place prize of $1.296 million at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
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