Monday

The Real Tin Cup?

One of my favorite moments in the golf classic "Tin Cup" is when Roy gets hired by Shooter to be his caddie for a promotional event. They get to the 15th hole or so and Shooter has like a 230 yard carry over water to the green on a par 5, and he elects to lay up. Roy makes side bets with the guys Shooter's playing with that he could put it on from there with a 3-wood, but Shooter lays up. The other players make Shooter let Roy try, and Roy sticks it up there. Then Shooter fires Roy and grabs a guy out of the gallery to be his caddie for the rest of the round.

Although Jay Williamson's caddie didn't get a chance to wallop a 3-wood, he did get fired in the middle of the round and replaced with a dude from the crowd. Apparently there was some disagreement about Williamson's approach on 14, which sailed way long of the green. JP thinks Williamson probably overclubbed, the caddie told him to take one less, Jay wouldn't, and then he flew the green by a fair bit. If the caddie screwed up, the player just wouldn't hire him again. It'd take more than that to make a PGA pro lose his cool, and I think that something was screwing up himself.

SIDENOTE: In case anyone thought random-volunteer-caddying wasn't lucrative, "Alexander said he was paid a dozen golf balls for his four-hole stint."

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