Where was Steve Williams???

[Andrew Summerell]

Charlie,

I don’t doubt the importance of caddies, but we have no proof Steve Williams did a bad job. Who knows, maybe Steve Williams was the reason Scott was only 1 shot behind at the end & not 3 or 4 behind.

I believe the golfer is the boss. Apart from their caddies, many of them have a coach or two, a trainer, a manager, an accountant/financial adviser, and more. It’s like a little company, of which the golfer is the boss. The buck stops with him.

And don’t worry about my sleep deprivation. I get up, or sometimes stay up, to watch the Open Championship every year whether an Australian is on top of the leaderboard or not. It’s easily my favourite major.

[Charlie_Bell]

One of us must be psychic, Andrew.  What you said about Stevie's possibly HELPING Adam was the exact point I made in Reply #12 two days ago.

I simply think that one can't dismiss the possible influence of a caddy, good or bad.  On the back nine at the Open something went downhill for Adam, and whether Stevie helped, hurt, or was irrelevant, we don't know.

[Paul Jones]

Where was Bones on 18th at Winged Foot?

[Wade Whitehead]

I wonder what Melvyn would say.

WW

[Tony Ristola]

There is no way to know what was going through Adam Scott's head, the role of Steve Williams, and unless he tells us why he hit 3-wood on 18, we'll never know. Sometimes demons lurk. It's the 72nd hole of a major, he just let a lead slip... who knows? Only Adam knows.

Perhaps it's an Aussie thing, hitting your tee shot into cross bunkers on the last hole of a major?

It was sad to watch but he's young and has gobs of talent; I hope it makes him more determined... even tougher. Watson blew his share of majors when he was young too (his loss a few years ago, that was a real gut wrencher).

[Mike_Clayton]

Tony,

It's true Watson blew some majors early on - 74 and 75 US Opens - but he won at Carnoustie at 25. His last major win was when he was 33.
Scott is now 31 I think. He is young - but as a famous Australian football coach once said 'it's later than you think'