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Newsweek
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Colt Knost Astonished at Tiger Woods' Ex-Caddie Lying About Yardages
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. In golf, numbers don't lie, but sometimes, caddies could be forced to fudge the numbers. When that caddie is Steve Williams, the longtime right-hand man to Tiger Woods, the revelation hits like a misread putt on Sunday. On the latest episode of GOLF's Subpar podcast, Williams admitted he intentionally gave Woods incorrect yardages during rounds, sending shockwaves through the golf world and leaving former professional golfer Colt Knost stunned. Colt Knost Astonished at Tiger Woods' Ex-Caddie Lying About Yardages. (Image Collage | Credits: Getty Images) Colt Knost Astonished at Tiger Woods' Ex-Caddie Lying About Yardages. (Image Collage | Credits: Getty Images) Getty Images "I'm still shocked by this," Knost posted on X, reacting to the confession. Woods' caddie, Williams, didn't sugarcoat it but came clean. "The biggest thing I did was adjust the yardages all the time," he said. "I mean I was constantly doing that. You know, if it was 160 yards and it's a 9-iron, I'd be telling him it's 170 or something." The reason was simple for him: Tiger's adrenaline. "When he was running a little warm... he would walk quicker, he would talk quicker. Everything became a bit quicker," Williams explained. "The ball started going further and further." One of the most jaw-dropping examples came at Bay Hill, during the final round of one of Woods' many victories. "I didn't give him the right yardage, the correct yardage, on any shot for the entire round," Williams noted. "I did that so often when he got running hot and got the adrenaline going." Did Tiger Woods, the legend of the golf world, ever know what his long-time bag man was up to? "It took him a while to figure it out," Williams recalled. "He said, 'Just keep doing it. You know what you are doing.'" The admission has sparked debate across the sport. Was it deception or genius? Fans flocked to the comment section after Knost's post. "Ask Tiger to confirm, please," a fan typed under the post. ask tiger to confirm please. — Joel Strickland (@joelspov) July 4, 2025 Many wanted Tiger to comment, but others chose to mock Williams. This dude lies a lot — Mr. Joe Nunamaker (@JoeMama1567546) July 4, 2025 According to Williams, it was about understanding Tiger's physiology and mental state under pressure. Given Woods' record-tying 82 PGA Tour wins and his 15 majors, it's hard to argue with the results. As for The Big Cat's current status, the legend is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon, which required surgery earlier this year. He missed the first three majors so far in 2025 and is expected to skip The Open Championship at Royal Portrush as well. Tiger's doctor, Dr. Charlton, shared that the 15-time major winner is expected to fully recover by early 2026. More Golf: Jordan Spieth Injury Leads to Stunning Omission from Scottish Open
Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
'I gave Tiger Woods a real talking to on course – we didn't talk for five holes'
Steve Williams caddied for Tiger Woods for 12 years and the pair barely had any arguments during their partnership, but Williams has now revealed the one time they did row Legendary caddie Steve Williams has opened up about giving Tiger Woods a rare public telling-off during their time together on the golf course. The Kiwi bagman, who was by Woods' side for 12 trophy-laden years from 1999 until their parting in 2011, was present for 13 of Woods' 15 major victories. Despite a largely harmonious partnership, it all ended three years post Woods' last big win at the 2008 US Open when the golfer decided to fire his trusty caddie. Known as perhaps the most iconic player-caddie pairing in golf's annals, Williams and Woods were not accustomed to fiery clashes. Nevertheless, the Mirror US reports Williams disclosed the details of a rare heated moment between them recently. Whilst making an appearance on GOLF's Subpar podcast, Williams narrated the incident of their worst disagreement which took place at Augusta. "It was at the Masters, I'd been out on the course early in the morning and knew where the tee placement was on the third hole. They'd moved the tee right up to the very front of which I'd never seen before. "Easy to knock it on the green. He made a 4-4 start, it was automatic in my mind that he needed to hit a driver there. I couldn't talk him into it and I did. "He hit the worst shot he's ever hit over the trees in the right [and] took a bogey which basically took him out of the tournament because the scoring average might have been 3.5 or 6 on that hole on that day. "He didn't say a word to me for the next five holes and going up the ninth hole, I dressed him down and gave him a speech he'd never heard before and that was the first and only major argument that we ever had." On the topic of Woods' perceived competition during the early years of his career, Williams surprisingly stated: "David Duval, unparalleled," revealing that Woods saw Duval – who won 13 PGA Tour events in four years – as a fierce contender. "He thought that David had what it took to compete week in and week out and challenge him for number one supremacy. He was the guy, but it was a very short-lived time. "David had that wonderful patch where he got the number one in the world, captured the Open Championship, and then he made a drastic change with his body. "And hence, he lost feel with his golf swing in there, and it took him a long time to get it going again. But he was the guy that he had the most respect for and the guy that he thought could challenge him." Following the end of his partnership with Woods, Williams spent seven years as Adam Scott's caddie in two different stints. He also enjoyed brief spells working with LPGA star Danielle Kang and Jason Day.
Daily Mirror
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Rory McIlroy handed 5 apologies from PGA Tour rival's caddie after golf incident
Derek Anderson caddied for PGA Tour pro Kevin Chappell at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he was up against Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry on the opening two days Former NFL quarterback Derek Anderson - now a caddy on the PGA Tour - had to sheepishly apologise to Rory McIlroy not once, but five times at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It came after Anderson inadvertently distracted the golfing ace during his shot. Anderson is best known for an impressive 14-year stint in the NFL with teams including the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers. But he was also celebrated as one of the league's keenest golfers during his time. His affinity with the sport led to friendly connections with numerous golf greats, resulting in his first-ever caddie role this April. At 41, Anderson found himself assisting Kevin Chappell alongside partner Tom Hoge in the pairs' event, where they competed against Shane Lowry and a freshly-crowned 2025 Masters champion, McIlroy, for the first two rounds. But Anderson's inexperience shone through embarrassingly when he caused a stir with the Northern Irishman. Reminiscing about the gaffe on GOLF's Subpar podcast, Anderson remarked humorously, "Oh yeah, that was great. "I felt 5'1" tall. Kevin hit that shot on 17 on Friday. Shane missed the hosel by an inch. I kind of walked back and I'm kind of not really sure where to go, because the flag was over there and Shane's chipping. "I was like, 'I just want to go put this bag down, get my guy's putter. Let's get this over with.' So I go behind the green and Rory's chipping from the front-right of the green, right back at me. "Michael Collins says something to me and I look down [to the side], I don't even know what he was saying and all of a sudden I hear Chappie (Chappell) yell from 40 yards away, 'DA, stop moving!' "I was like, 'Oh s***.' I grabbed the bag and went right behind the camera guy and I just stood there and I froze. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't even know what to do, what am I doing, there's all these people here.' Kinda freaking out. "Meanwhile, Rory had stepped off the chip. Apparently, when I looked down I bothered him. And then he steps up and proceeds to lay sod over it, and I'm like 'Oh, no.' And then they made a bogey. "As we were walking off, I tapped him with the putter like, 'I'm so sorry dude.' Going up 18, I'm just staying as far away from him as I could. I apologised to him like five times." Anderson, who is a scratch golfer himself, shared how Lowry jokingly shouted across the green: "It took you two days and you finally screwed it up!". Anderson began his NFL career with the Ravens in 2005 before moving to the Browns. His journey continued through Arizona and led him on a seven-season stint with the Panthers before he retired in Buffalo. In 2017, ESPN reported that Anderson had aspirations to compete in the Masters by winning the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. Meanwhile, McIlroy failed to defend his Zurich Classic title alongside Lowry, finishing the tournament T12 and six strokes behind the victorious duo of Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin.
Hamilton Spectator
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Scottie Scheffler uses high numbers on his golf balls for a reason
Scottie Scheffler's golf balls are among the easiest to identify because of the numbers. Since his early days on the PGA Tour, he uses only golf balls marked by the numbers 5, 6, 7 or 8. The change was prompted by Scheffler hitting the wrong ball in college — twice. One of those occasions is known by now. His coach at Texas, John Fields, last year on the 'Subpar' podcast told the story of Scheffler and Beau Hossler playing an event in Lubbock, Texas, when Hossler walked past the first golf ball in the fairway assuming his was farther up. Only after Scheffler hit did they realize he hit Hossler's golf ball. Fields referred to it as an 'almost fight.' The other time was at a college tournament in Arizona. 'I hit it in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I looked at the ball in the bush. I said, 'Hey guys, I'm going to mark and identify it.' I marked it, picked it up, looked at it and said, 'Oh, cool, Titleist 4.' I put it back down in the bush.' What followed is a shot Scheffler described as one of his best, somehow getting out of the bush and onto the green. He went to mark the ball on the green, picked it up and noticed the ball had an Arizona logo on it. 'My ball is sitting clean in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I told my coach, 'I'm sorry. I marked it and identified it and it's not my ball.' There's not much to say.' But it clearly annoyed him, and it lingered. 'When I got on tour,' Scheffler said, 'I saw somebody only using higher numbers, and I said, 'Let's do that.'' A new year Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda have endlessly preached moving forward without dwelling too much on the past, and one only has to consider the results. At this time a year ago, they had combined to win nine times, each winning the first major of the year. Korda's victory in the Chevron Championship was her fifth in a row to tie an LPGA record. Scheffler won four out of five during one particularly torrid stretch. Both now are 0-for-2025. Scheffler's season was slow to start because of minor surgery to the palm of his right hand. He still has five top-10 finishes in his eight tournaments. Korda has gone four straight events out of the top 10, not unusual because she had a streak of five tournaments out of the top 10 a year ago. It was a minor victory to make the cut at the Chevron, particularly after opening with a 77. 'Walking onto 8 tee on Friday, I was 7 over. So I'm proud of my fight,' Korda said Sunday after she tied for 14th. 'Obviously, I have a lot to work on. Last year was last year. Such an amazing year, but it's in the past. It's not going to help me with my future.' The words ring familiar with what Scheffler has said since he started the season in February. Both remain No. 1 in the world and are not in immediate danger of losing that. Scheffler is playing in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson this week, the start of a busy stretch in which he has six tournaments in eight weeks, including two majors. Medinah Makeover Geoff Ogilvy sees one big advantage from his design company OCM renovating the No. 3 course at Medinah in time for the Presidents Cup next year. It has more to do with Ogilvy as a proud golf course architect than his appointment as captain of the International team . The first real competition will be match play, not a major. Score is kept by holes won, not how many under (or over) par. The last time Medinah held the world's best players was the 2019 BMW Championship, when Justin Thomas finished at 25-under 263 for a three-shot victory. That was seven shots lower than what Tiger Woods shot when he won the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah. 'I think the golf world in general are a bit too focused on score relative to par deciding whether a course is good or bad, and it's really arbitrary where you put par,' Ogilvy said Tuesday. 'So I don't think it really matters, but everybody does focus on it.' With match play, Ogilvy believes, more attention will be on how the course plays, the decisions it requires and the shots that are hit. 'Having a match play event the first time anybody goes there is really unique, and I think a unique opportunity for the work that we did for Medinah,' he said. 'It feels like it's going to ask some tough questions, but the courses that ask tough questions usually have enjoyable results to watch and play. 'Hopefully it turns out well, and it is nice.' LIV and OWGR? Sportico is reporting that LIV Golf and the Official World Golf Ranking are in 'serious discussions' about ranking points for the Saudi-funded league of 54 players. Still unclear is whether LIV has submitted a new application with the OWGR, after withdrawing its application a year ago when the ranking board did not see a way forward without changes. The biggest problem the OWGR found was measuring some two dozen other tours around the world against LIV, the only league that had a set (and small) roster for an entire season. Since LIV withdrew its OWGR application in March 2024, Greg Norman has been replaced as LIV CEO by Scott O'Neil, while Peter Dawson retired as OWGR chief and was replaced by former Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The OWGR typically has a meeting of the technical committee each July at the British Open, the final major of the year. Divots Nine players at LIV Golf Korea competed at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club when it hosted the Presidents Cup 10 years ago. ... India has another spot on the European tour schedule. The DP World India Championship will be held Oct. 16-19 at Delhi Golf Club with a $4 million purse, the largest ever for a European tour event in India. ... Paula Creamer is returning as an assistant captain, this time for Angela Stanford, at the 2026 Solheim Cup in the Netherlands. Stanford previously announced Kristy McPherson as one of her assistants. ... The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is honoring the parents of the late Grayson Murray with its 'Survivors of Suicide Loss Lifesaver Award.' Eric and Terry Murray will receive the award Thursday at the organization's annual gala in New York. ... The PGA Tour Champions is adding a tournament to the 2026 schedule. The Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic will be held the last week in September in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Stat of the week In his six individual starts on the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy has won three times and earned $13,257,558. In his six starts in the LIV Golf League, Joaquin Niemann has won three times and earned $12,604,524. Final word 'Going back to Portrush is going to be incredible. Rory going back as the Masters champion now is going to take a little bit of heat off me again, so I'm pretty happy with that.' — Shane Lowry, who won the British Open in 2019 the last time it was at Royal Portrush. ___ AP golf:
Winnipeg Free Press
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Scottie Scheffler uses high numbers on his golf balls for a reason
Scottie Scheffler's golf balls are among the easiest to identify because of the numbers. Since his early days on the PGA Tour, he uses only golf balls marked by the numbers 5, 6, 7 or 8. The change was prompted by Scheffler hitting the wrong ball in college — twice. One of those occasions is known by now. His coach at Texas, John Fields, last year on the 'Subpar' podcast told the story of Scheffler and Beau Hossler playing an event in Lubbock, Texas, when Hossler walked past the first golf ball in the fairway assuming his was farther up. Only after Scheffler hit did they realize he hit Hossler's golf ball. Fields referred to it as an 'almost fight.' The other time was at a college tournament in Arizona. 'I hit it in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I looked at the ball in the bush. I said, 'Hey guys, I'm going to mark and identify it.' I marked it, picked it up, looked at it and said, 'Oh, cool, Titleist 4.' I put it back down in the bush.' What followed is a shot Scheffler described as one of his best, somehow getting out of the bush and onto the green. He went to mark the ball on the green, picked it up and noticed the ball had an Arizona logo on it. 'My ball is sitting clean in the desert,' Scheffler said. 'I told my coach, 'I'm sorry. I marked it and identified it and it's not my ball.' There's not much to say.' But it clearly annoyed him, and it lingered. 'When I got on tour,' Scheffler said, 'I saw somebody only using higher numbers, and I said, 'Let's do that.'' A new year Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda have endlessly preached moving forward without dwelling too much on the past, and one only has to consider the results. At this time a year ago, they had combined to win nine times, each winning the first major of the year. Korda's victory in the Chevron Championship was her fifth in a row to tie an LPGA record. Scheffler won four out of five during one particularly torrid stretch. Both now are 0-for-2025. Scheffler's season was slow to start because of minor surgery to the palm of his right hand. He still has five top-10 finishes in his eight tournaments. Korda has gone four straight events out of the top 10, not unusual because she had a streak of five tournaments out of the top 10 a year ago. It was a minor victory to make the cut at the Chevron, particularly after opening with a 77. 'Walking onto 8 tee on Friday, I was 7 over. So I'm proud of my fight,' Korda said Sunday after she tied for 14th. 'Obviously, I have a lot to work on. Last year was last year. Such an amazing year, but it's in the past. It's not going to help me with my future.' The words ring familiar with what Scheffler has said since he started the season in February. Both remain No. 1 in the world and are not in immediate danger of losing that. Scheffler is playing in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson this week, the start of a busy stretch in which he has six tournaments in eight weeks, including two majors. Medinah Makeover Geoff Ogilvy sees one big advantage from his design company OCM renovating the No. 3 course at Medinah in time for the Presidents Cup next year. It has more to do with Ogilvy as a proud golf course architect than his appointment as captain of the International team. The first real competition will be match play, not a major. Score is kept by holes won, not how many under (or over) par. The last time Medinah held the world's best players was the 2019 BMW Championship, when Justin Thomas finished at 25-under 263 for a three-shot victory. That was seven shots lower than what Tiger Woods shot when he won the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah. 'I think the golf world in general are a bit too focused on score relative to par deciding whether a course is good or bad, and it's really arbitrary where you put par,' Ogilvy said Tuesday. 'So I don't think it really matters, but everybody does focus on it.' With match play, Ogilvy believes, more attention will be on how the course plays, the decisions it requires and the shots that are hit. 'Having a match play event the first time anybody goes there is really unique, and I think a unique opportunity for the work that we did for Medinah,' he said. 'It feels like it's going to ask some tough questions, but the courses that ask tough questions usually have enjoyable results to watch and play. 'Hopefully it turns out well, and it is nice.' LIV and OWGR? Sportico is reporting that LIV Golf and the Official World Golf Ranking are in 'serious discussions' about ranking points for the Saudi-funded league of 54 players. Still unclear is whether LIV has submitted a new application with the OWGR, after withdrawing its application a year ago when the ranking board did not see a way forward without changes. The biggest problem the OWGR found was measuring some two dozen other tours around the world against LIV, the only league that had a set (and small) roster for an entire season. Since LIV withdrew its OWGR application in March 2024, Greg Norman has been replaced as LIV CEO by Scott O'Neil, while Peter Dawson retired as OWGR chief and was replaced by former Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The OWGR typically has a meeting of the technical committee each July at the British Open, the final major of the year. Divots Nine players at LIV Golf Korea competed at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club when it hosted the Presidents Cup 10 years ago. … India has another spot on the European tour schedule. The DP World India Championship will be held Oct. 16-19 at Delhi Golf Club with a $4 million purse, the largest ever for a European tour event in India. … Paula Creamer is returning as an assistant captain, this time for Angela Stanford, at the 2026 Solheim Cup in the Netherlands. Stanford previously announced Kristy McPherson as one of her assistants. … The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is honoring the parents of the late Grayson Murray with its 'Survivors of Suicide Loss Lifesaver Award.' Eric and Terry Murray will receive the award Thursday at the organization's annual gala in New York. … The PGA Tour Champions is adding a tournament to the 2026 schedule. The Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic will be held the last week in September in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Stat of the week During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. In his six individual starts on the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy has won three times and earned $13,257,558. In his six starts in the LIV Golf League, Joaquin Niemann has won three times and earned $12,604,524. Final word 'Going back to Portrush is going to be incredible. Rory going back as the Masters champion now is going to take a little bit of heat off me again, so I'm pretty happy with that.' — Shane Lowry, who won the British Open in 2019 the last time it was at Royal Portrush. ___ AP golf:
