Golfer Vijay Singh may lose the services of the caddie that accompanied him
during his record-setting
year on the the PGA Tour.
Caddie Dave “Buddy” Renwick, who spent 18 months carrying Singh’s bag, complained that the world’s top golfer was unduly harsh on him, and rarely friendly.
“My heart just wasn’t in it, even at the end of last year when we were winning nearly every week. I just wasn’t getting the respect I deserve,” said Renwick to The Scotsman. “I never got a ‘good morning’ from Vijay. Or ‘good club’ after a shot. Or ‘have a nice night’ at the end of a day.”
What did Renwick get from Singh?
One million dollars…to carry a bag…select appropriate clubs…and travel to some of the most beautiful places in the world.
Kudos to Renwick for freeing himself from slavedriver Singh’s laborious death grip.
Luckily for the rest of us, this opens the door to a wonderful opportunity: Mr. Singh, even though my experience with golf has only come in miniature and video game form — for a million dollars — I will do your bidding, gladly accept a copious amount of abuse, and even throw in an interpretive disco dance for your amusement. My resume is on its way.
The Scotsman: Caddie sings a sad song
With all fairness to Renwick, Vijay Singh has a reputation for having a temperament. On the other hand, I’ve heard that Renwick has a reputation as being an exellect caddy.
In one anecdote (how true this is, I know not), another golfer saw Vijay in a restaurant and nodded hello to Vijay. Vijay flipped the guy off. When he later went to Vijay’s table for an explanation, Vijay started yelling at the guy, right there in the restaurant. Apparently, Vijay was miffed by some harmless comments the guy made about Vijay in an interview a few weeks earlier.