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Undercover Caddie We make plenty of mistakes, but some are worse than others
C OME WITH ME as I travel back to one of the biggest Oh, crap! moments of my career. My player was heading to a sponsor event after a Wednesday prac- tice round during a tournament week. Usually this is something he’ll do by himself, but this time he invited me. As part of the event, he did a short clinic, so we brought his clubs. The night
left my player’s clubs in the banged-up rental car. In the hours from realisation until I recovered them, I thought my ca- reer might be over. When I eventually got to the course with the bag (on time, I should add), my player took one look at me and said, “You start doing under- ground fight clubs? Because you look like s---.” I couldn’t tell him . . . and I still haven’t.
went well, but as we were leaving, we had trouble with the courtesy car. It was late, so I volunteered to exchange the car, and my player hitched a ride with another player at the event. I switched rental cars and headed to my hotel, looking forward to sleep- ing in for the next day’s afternoon tee time. One problem: In the middle of the night, I woke up in a panic because I had
ILLUSTRATION BY REMIE GEOFFROI
16 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025
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