When Golf Caddies Attack
Golf December 15th. 2008, 3:15pm
You hear a quote like this, and you expect John Daly to be involved. “I wouldn’t call Mickelson a great player ’cause I hate the prick,” is how Tiger’s Caddy, Steve Williams, described the No. 3 ranked player in the world, Phil Mickelson. Also, there’s this tale:
The two players were walking down the 17th fairway when, according to Williams, someone shouted “Phil” in Mickelson’s direction. The world No2 did not respond until the fan shouted “Hey, Mr Mickelson”. When Mickelson turned and waved, the fan yelled out “Nice tits”. The crowd erupted in laughter; Mickelson went double bogey, bogey and his chances of winning the tournament disappeared.
Quarterbacks struggle with crowd noise, and basketball players deal with unruly, gyrating fans behind the basket. A golf player can’t deal with some guy yelling one word at him?
Woods’s caddie delivers withering assessment of world No2 Mickelson (Guardian)
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December 15th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
This is awesome.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
It’s completely different.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
maybe poor people can deal with getting yelled at, but rich people don’t have to put up with that shit.
but seriously…could you play golf if some dude just said that to you? shit, i’d have to be restrained from hitting stingers into the crowd.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
and its different because golf is a “gentlemens game” with “standards” . Like tennis.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
If he didn’t wear those Callaway muscle shirts, he would have to worry about people commenting on his rack.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
You forgot the Happy Gilmore reference.
Always cite to your source.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
According to ESPN, William’s account is wrong. Shocking, since except for the e-ticket report on Williams, the guy is douchebag
December 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
maybe poor people can deal with getting yelled at, but rich people don’t have to put up with that shit. Spencer
Quote of the year.
I think the Nice Tits story has already been disproven on the interwebs today.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
It’s like not understanding why someone is looked down on for yelling during a symphony. “Well, rock bands perform with people screaming the entire time. What’s the big deal?”
December 15th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Steve Williams is the richest “athlete” in New Zealand. True story.
Also, golfers are fags if they can’t deal with a little distraction.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
CRM- Tell that to Axl Rose.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Wow, classy. What makes Steve any better than Phil, he is after all, just a caddy and aren’t caddies golfers who couldn’t hack it playing a round?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
happened at the US Open at bethpage black in 2002…which is strange because NY loves phil more than tiger.
yea, he did give a shit-load to charity and is probably the best caddy of all time, but he’s a prick. there’s a reason mickeltits is nice to every single other human out there, stevie…it’s not because you’re a caddy, it’s because you’re an asshole.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
+1…..Can we really call it a sport without a little fan fare?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
i always felt crowd silence created more pressure than a lot of noise. knowing that every single person in the crowd is watching you because they are silent i felt was more nerve racking.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
can’t you wait for one or two seconds before yelling?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Let’s be honest here, they’re both douchebags. Williams shouldn’t run smack, because after all…he’s a caddy! And Lumpy is a phony, choke-artist prick.
Fin
December 15th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
It’s like not understanding why someone is looked down on for yelling during a symphony. CRM
Dude, you try sitting in your seat when the KC Symphony busts out Frederick Fucking Chopin. If you aren’t jumping up and down screaming your ass off, well, you have no soul.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Tim Herron is a phony, choke artist prick? I always had a bit different view of him….
December 15th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
i could see that with rachmaninoff or wagner, but chopin? that’s like comparing iron maiden and megadeth to boston.
/chopin still rocks
December 15th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
i always felt crowd silence created more pressure than a lot of noise. knowing that every single person in the crowd is watching you because they are silent i felt was more nerve racking.
I played a ton of tournament golf in my youth, and kinda agree. I am one of those people that kinda like a little noise out there. I would like to see a “made for TV” event where they set it up every hole like that par-3 in Scottsdale, where it’s like a Rugby Match.
I went to two Ryder Cups, and LOVED hearing the Brits and all their singing & shit
December 15th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Jpq – I played a bunch of junior tourneys as well, and as long as the noise was “constant” (e.g., traffic on a nearby highway, a train passing, etc.) it was never a problem. It was always those “random” noises emerging from dead silence that seemed to mess with me.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
US Open is at bethpage black in NY this year…you’ll get it there.
in 2002 we had the “nice tits” story, the fans singing Happy Birthday to Mickelson (one of the coolest moments ever) and the fans heckling sergio to the point where he gave them the finger.
and it’s on the hardest course in america…only 8 more months…
December 15th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
@roeth: exactly what I meant. One person stood out and could breakmy concentration (guess I’m not Tiger-lol), but constant noise was fine
December 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
KC, that’s not Chopin, its Stephen Foster.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Spence -
First name that popped in my head. I decided to Tombstonize Chopin.
Also, is Bethpage the public course?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Could Phil titty fuck himself?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
KC – Yes, it’s part of Bethpage State Park
December 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
US Open is at bethpage black in NY this year…you’ll get it there.
But spencer, then I have to listen to 200,000 drunken Vinnie Bagadonuts lookalikes from Jersey screaming, and 95% of them don’t know jackshit about golf or “etiquette”.
I’d like to see REAL fans at a “stadium” course (like the redesigned TPC in Ponte Vedra) cheering at the right times and not being like drunken Jets fans
December 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Steve Williams call you a prick is kind of like the Detroit Lions calling you a bad football team. I do not give a shit what that arrogant bastard says.
Tiger seems like much more or a diva about crowd noise and getting yelled at. I laugh my ass off every everytime somebody clears his throat in Tiger’s back swing and he yanks it. Then Steve-O tries to confiscate the camera. What a team, those two. Screw them both.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
John -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXyu7h7nyw&feature=related
Frederick Fucking Chopin > Stephen Stinking Foster
December 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
“nice tits” is two words.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
in 2002 we had the “nice tits†story, the fans singing Happy Birthday to Mickelson (one of the coolest moments ever) and the fans heckling sergio to the point where he gave them the finger.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
sorry for the backwards above post
December 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
jpq…eh, personally, it doesnt make a difference to me, id watch if there wasn’t a crowd. im just not a fan of most of the stadium style courses, they don’t do it for me. give me a classic design (bethpage, winged foot, oakmont) where the course is the star any day of the week.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
that movie is so great. Val Kilmer was awesome.
“why Ike, maybe poker just isn’t your game. I know, let’s have a spelling contest”
December 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
here’s a few attendees at Bethpage Black next summer
http://www.youtube.com/user/DouchebagBeach?ob=1
December 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
So my friend’s roof collapsed into his living room and I’ve been gone for a bit…but have their really only been three Cowboy posts today or have I miscounted? Congrats on the restraint, TBL.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
spencer: agree 100% on the courses, just mean the environment for one event. Also, I agree 100% w/ Chelsea Chris re: Tiger. For such a great player, he is such a pussy when it comes to noise he and “Stevie” are a match made in heaven.
Tiger is such a weird dude. He always came off to like as extremely tightly wound and not the most comfortable guy to hang with. Kinda like Tom Cruise. When was the last time a guy’s best friend was his caddy?
December 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
there*
/Fuck my spelling
December 15th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
see the other guy in the picture above? yea, same deal.
and tiger comes across as having a set of x100 shafts up his ass while simultaneously being hailed as the coolest dude on tour privately. who the fuck knows? the dude is private as it gets.
im not the biggest tiger fan, but what he does is out of control amazing.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I’m not bashing Tiger the player, he’s maybe the best ever. I still love Jack (he was my idol growing up). I just wish Tiger had the competition Jack did (Arnie, Player, Trevino, Watson, Norman, etc) who constantly challenged him. Just the fact that Jack had 19 2nd places in majors on top of the 18 he won is unbelievable.
Golfers today are “technically” much better, but if these guys today had to play on some of the course conditions and used the clubs the old guys did, they wouldn’t drive it 325 and hit 90% of the fairways.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
how is th eway you guys are describing Tiger any different than Jordan’s mannerisms throughout his career?
December 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
and Phil is known as an arrogant, know it all…there is a reason he is called FIGJAM
December 15th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
jpq…yea, but the old guys weren’t playing courses in the condition they are now. no way would 2008 augusta national be playble with 1986 clubs, no way in hell. there’d be par 4’s that’d be unreachable in 2 without today’s technology…it’s a moot point anyways, all the guys have the same equipment and are playing the same courses, it’s an even playing field.
sure jack had better names he considered rivals, but the fields were nowhere near as deep as they are today. consider that bob may, who pushed tiger to his absolute brink, didn’t make it thru q-school this year. that should tell you how deep these fields are, yet tiger’s beyond everyone.
im holding out hope…sergio is turning into a beast, camillo has shocked me by showing he actually can play and AK is going to be there. there are some legit rivals, along with tits and veej (and i guess the corpse of ernie els) that will undoubtedly show up against tiger this year. ive said it numerous times here…sergio is winning two majors this year.
golf withdrawl is terrible. i wish i lived in the south.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
they’re not. it’s like they’re the same person, cloned in nike labs deep in the oregon forest.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Out of Tiger’s major wins, his toughest challenges were from Bob May and Rocco Mediate. The other “big guns” seem to fade (for the most part) if Tiger is in contention.
I think Sergio will win one major this year (maybe).
December 15th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I have always found it humourous that golfers get so bent out of shape over crowd noise, but then again, how many times have any of us stepped up to the ball with hundreds of thousands of dollars riding on your shot. The most thing riding on a shot, when I play, is a beer chug.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
what, ernie els and miguel angel jiminez in 2000 weren’t a tough challenge?
December 15th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
So you’re telling me Duckworth is dead?
December 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Spence, they were all tough. YOU just stated how Tiger was pushed to the “absolute brink” by May, Rocco pushed him into a 5th round, plus one more hole. Im not trying to rate all of Tiger’s major wins on toughness, but May and Rocco come to mind as at or near the top.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
nino…i was joking, tiger won the 2000 US Open (forgot that part) by 15 strokes. those were the guys who finished t2 which nobody can remember because they got their asses whooped so bad.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I mean Jiminez was only 15 back in 2000, he could’ve made a late charge.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I realized that as I was hitting send, then the “wait a minute” hit me. Tiger kicked much ass in 2000 at the US Open. my bad Spence.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Sergio isn’t winning a major this year.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I’ve never met a golfer with a handicap under 10 who said sudden noises didn’t mess with them during their backswing. The reason: golf is really fucking hard. I wouldn’t mind constant noise – wouldn’t bug me at all the same way it never did in other sports – but a sudden noise like a camera shutter is harder to block out than most douchebag blog commenters probably realize.
ANYWAY… hilarious story, true or not.