Illness spares nobody…praying for Mickelson’s family
Another blow of troubling news hits the family of golf superstar Phil Mickelson. It was reported that Mickelson’s mom has recently been disagnosed with breast cancer about two months after his wife was diagnosed.
I have heard nothing but great things about him and his work in the community. I know people who have had the chance to see him in person and report he is an incredibly down to earth athlete who makes time to meet fans.
Best wishes to the family…
Golf is getting very ugly these days
Once in a great while we get news from the golf front that is actually on the entertaining side. Apparently Tiger Wood’s caddy has quite the ego and attitude of late. Most of these guys are talented golfers in their own right, they make snap decisions on the golf course, and their guidance can be the difference between tournament wins and getting cut.
Recently, Steve Williams made some comments to The Guardian about Phil Mickelson and it wasn’t very nice considering he’s a caddie, not a PGA golfer. Williams quipped when asked about Mickelson – “I wouldn’t call Mickelson a great player because I hate the *^*^*^.” The expletive that I left out is the same thing that nurses do to a child’s finger to draw blood and rhymes with “tick”. He made this statement in front of a crowd of 250 at a charity event. He then went on to relish in another story about a tournament in 2002 in which a fan hollered out a comment referring to Mickelson’s ”man boobs”.
This is quite a bold statement coming from a man who has his bread buttered by the greatest golfer in the world. Mickelson’s camp did not fire back which shows some class if you ask me.
The part that bugs me is that William’s is a hired hand, Tiger’s employee – basically a glorified servant. Tiger has a reputation for not tolerating behavior like this from his employees and fired his last caddie (Remember that cute little man with the big mustache?) Williams is supposedly one of the highest paid athletes in his home country of New Zealand, simply because he caddies for Tiger Woods.
This isn’t like a receiver bagging on his QB, but rather a check out clerk calling out the store manager. Only in golf can a comment cause so much controversy.
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