Golf players may get all the attention at tournaments, but it is the caddies who do the crucial task of keeping their eyes sharp on the ground and being fully alert. And it is those caddies who end up with the most-funny stories while they are on the lookout.

Recently PGA Tour long-time caddie John Burke, was a guest on a golf podcast where he unraveled the story of a prank on Torrey Pines course pulled by Phil Mickelson that ended by getting Davis Love and himself penalized.

Phil Mickelson once created chaos at Torrey Pines

In the golf podcast, GOLF’s Subpar hosted by former PGA Tour pro Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz, a funny incident involving Phil Mickelson has surfaced. The guest for the podcast’s latest episode was PGA Tour caddie John Burke, who spoke about his years of experience as a caddie.

He also narrated a funny incident at Torrey Pines golf course which involved Brad Faxon and Love Davis, and a penalty caused by Phil’s mischief. At the game, after Mickelson and Brad hit their shots, Burke who was caddying for Faxon, went in the direction looking for the ball.

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While Burke was searching for the ball, he realized that he didn’t have the head cover so he started looking around for it but couldn’t find it. Turned out it was Mickelson who had been playing with them all along and had hidden the head cover underneath his shirt which he didn’t give back to John until after the shot. Meanwhile, Phil and Brad made their shots and hit them up to the green. When they reached there, they found that they had hit the wrong balls. A caddie’s awareness plays a very important role in a golfer’s success on the field and this lesson emphasized it.

Johnny Miller roasted John Burke on national TV

They did find the ball at last, and to their embarrassment, an aerial shot of them walking back to the ball! Pulling their leg on TV, Johnny Miller says, “Yeah, there goes Dumb and Dumber,” which Burke thought was the best line Miller ever said. They were having a little fun with it until they ended up getting penalized for it.

John Burke has been a caddie for 34 years. Ironically he did not play golf during his academic years. While he was in college, he preferred to play Hockey. During his tenure, he has been a caddie for players like Brad Faxon, Davis Love, Bill Haas, Jon Curran, and others.

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