Questionable Character

I bet his compensation package is more than I make in a decade.

I got the feeling that it was a mutual decision and a looper needs to work. While Tiger's bag has been very profitable for Stevie the last few years he's not been working so....

May also indicate Tiger's knee isn't coming back as quickly as some hoped.

I guess when things go bad, people tend to look outside rather than where the issue lives, on the inside.


Wow - one website says he been paid millions over the years. Think I should tell my son to forget baseball? :-)

I wonder which caddy has made more loot:
Stevie working for Tiger.
Or Carl Spackler of Caddyshack (he's got to be rolling in residual dough from that; it's on cable every thrid night)

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Tiger by the tail? Let go!

Another article on the subject.



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Originally posted by Harv:
I got the feeling that it was a mutual decision and a looper needs to work. While Tiger's bag has been very profitable for Stevie the last few years he's not been working so....

May also indicate Tiger's knee isn't coming back as quickly as some hoped.

I agree, this gives the guy a chance to get back to work, though I heard he is set for life.

Not sure what's questionable, just like in other sports, I am sure that this was a business decision.

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Originally posted by TPM:

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Originally posted by Harv:
I got the feeling that it was a mutual decision and a looper needs to work. While Tiger's bag has been very profitable for Stevie the last few years he's not been working so....

May also indicate Tiger's knee isn't coming back as quickly as some hoped.

I agree, this gives the guy a chance to get back to work, though I heard he is set for life.

Not sure what's questionable, just like in other sports, I am sure that this was a business decision.

That doesn't make any sense. If his intent was to let him work, then that is what he should have said - they parted ways amicably so Williams could work while Tiger rehabbed. He fired him however and given Williams stood beside him when the bullets were flying, that is questionable imho.

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
I bet his compensation package is more than I make in a decade.

Oh yea. I believe that the general agreement is 10% of prize $....

...and it was reported this week that Tiger won $90 Million with Stevie on the bag...


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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:

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Originally posted by TPM:

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Originally posted by Harv:
I got the feeling that it was a mutual decision and a looper needs to work. While Tiger's bag has been very profitable for Stevie the last few years he's not been working so....

May also indicate Tiger's knee isn't coming back as quickly as some hoped.

I agree, this gives the guy a chance to get back to work, though I heard he is set for life.

Not sure what's questionable, just like in other sports, I am sure that this was a business decision.

That doesn't make any sense. If his intent was to let him work, then that is what he should have said - they parted ways amicably so Williams could work while Tiger rehabbed. He fired him however and given Williams stood beside him when the bullets were flying, that is questionable imho.

CD you make a good point but for 10% of earnings, I doubt Williams hung in there for friendship.

I think that they had to let others know that the ties were cut with Tiger for him to work, without others thinking, will he go back when he is better?

I see it strictly handled as a business decision, for both employer and employee.

Woods is a sharp guy in terms of goals. I'd put the odds at over even money that he had an arrangement that lowered the percentage payout to his caddie on some scaled basis as Woods winnings went higher

Its the same thing that happens in real estate commissions...the most expensive properties get the % negotiated downward. Woods is no Santa Claus.

My wife had an interesting observation the other day regarding the *** scandals...linking them to the possiblity that there was steroid use going on that affected behaviour in other ways. I do recall that there was some link between Woods ans some Canadian doctor who was involved in PED's. In any case, maybe his compulsion was not completely natural.

I am not sure how sharp Woods is, he pays people to do that stuff for him.
Now Williams is out crying the blues, we don't really know the situation, but I will bet he was advised to let him go (for business rasons), he can't afford him hanging around anymore, Woods ertainly isn't getting any richer these days.

nonbe of we peons know the full story here so why specculate?---hsave nothing bewtter to do?

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Originally posted by TRhit:
nonbe of we peons know the full story here so why specculate?---hsave nothing bewtter to do?

Why not, whose to determine what's for discussion and what is not...?

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Originally posted by TRhit:
nonbe of we peons know the full story here so why specculate?---hsave nothing bewtter to do?

TR...are you typing with those Welding gloves on again?

Stevie was paid a flat salary working Tigers bag. Not 10% like other caddies. But I am sure he made some great money over his 12 years with him because of the other endorsements also.

Last time I checked, golf was a professional sport. Didn't you guys get the memo that there is no loyalty whatsoever in professional sports today. This was an employer/employee relationship, and a business decision. Unfortunetly, people lose their jobs in all walks of life including professional golf caddies. He'll find work.

How Tiger handled it is another matter. The Tiger "brand" has taken another hit. I can't think of a sports icon that has fallen as far as Tiger in my life time (not quite 50). Anybody think of anyone that comes close to falling as far as Tiger...Dwight Gooden, Pete Rose are the only two that come to mind.