Tiger woods caddy autobiography of a face
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Steve Williams, Loud-Mouthed Caddy
Steve Williams, one of the most successful golf caddies in history, knows the value of speaking his mind.
During the final round of the British Open, rules official John Paramor approached final pairing Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia and told them they were “on the clock” — a golfing term meaning hurry the fuck up.
Woods was at the absolute top of his game — bigger than the game — rooting around with all and sundry, untouchable. Rules are rules, but still it took some pretty big balls to tell Tiger he was on the clock when he was closing in on one of the biggest titles in golf. But if you were going to tell him, Woods wasn’t even your main concern.
“I’ll fix it,” Steve Williams said, and Tiger walked off, knowing that was the truth.
“Fuck, John!” Williams reportedly said to Paramor, a man generally considered one of the fairest in the business and just doing his job, “This is a fuckin’ joke! There are cameras going everywhere. It’s a fuckin’
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Caddie opens up on Tiger Woods' affairs in tell-all book
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tiger Woods' former caddie Steve Williams has described his anger and frustration at being "hung out to dry" by Woods' management when the golfer's infidelities were revealed in , and says he was sometimes treated as a "slave" on the course.
A New Zealand newspaper on Sunday published a chapter of Williams' tell-all book "Out of the Rough" in which the New Zealand-born caddie describes his reaction on learning of Woods' extramarital affairs. Williams writes that he didn't hear from his close friend Woods for four months as the golfer's marriage, career and reputation fell apart.
While Williams says he was angry to learn Woods had cheated on his wife Elin Nordegren, "he was still a friend in trouble and I was going to stick by him. I did that even though people were accusing me of being an enabler, an accomplice, saying I was lying when I stated clearly that I knew nothing about this."
William
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You were working with him at his peak when he was winning nine and 10 tournaments a season. Did you see any fatigue from fans when it came to his dominance? Did people tire of Tiger?
SW: I never did see that, to be honest with you. That’s a very valid question and one that I’ve never been asked. As far as the fans go, I think they just had an unbelievable respect at this guy’s ability. Golf is a very, very difficult game, as everybody understands. I think the fans knew that they were seeing something special, and they were probably never going to see anyone like him igen.
And nobody had more fans than Tiger. How did you keep them under control? That must’ve changed your job.
SW: There’s no two ways about it: Part of my role caddying for Tiger was to be somewhat of a bodyguard as well. And look, there’s so many distractions and this guy didn’t like distractions, and when he came to the golf course, that was his office, he came to work. He didn’t come to talk to people. He