‘To This Day, I Find That a Hard Pill to Swallow…’: Tiger Woods’ Ex-Caddie Once Confessed His True Feelings on Parting Ways With the Golf Legend

The golf world was shocked when Tiger Woods fired his longtime caddie, Steve Williams, without revealing the reason. After all, Williams had carried the golfer’s bag for 10+ years and won numerous championships with him. However, the most surprising thing about the news was that even the caddie didn’t expect their relationship to end this way. 

“When he fired me, I thought he was firing me as a golf caddie,” Williams said after Woods fired him. “Not firing me as a friend.” 

Notably, when Steve Williams married Kirsty Millar in 2006, he had asked the golf legend to be his best man. Therefore, when Woods broke all the connections with him after firing him as a caddie, it indeed took Williams by surprise. “To this day, I find that a hard pill to swallow, someone he spent 13 years with … the guy can’t even speak to you,” he added.

How many titles has Tiger Woods won with Steve Williams as his caddie? 

Steve Williams started caddying when he was just a 10-year-old. The New Zealander was only 13 when he started carrying the bag for the professional golfer, the Australian great Peter Thomson. Before caddying for Woods, he had also assisted the legends, Greg Norman and Raymond Floyd. 

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Tiger Woods turned professional in 1996 and started winning several championships worldwide. Williams joined the young golfer in his hunt for titles in 1999 and worked with him till 2011. In this period, the golfer had won 13 major tournaments, 16 World Golf Championships, and many other events in his home country and internationally. 

After Woods fired him, Williams worked as a caddie of the Australian golfer, Adam Scott. Notably, Scott won his first and only major with the New Zealander at the 2013 Masters Tournament. Furthermore, Williams earned a place in the Caddie Hall of Fame in 2014 for his contributions to professional golf. 

Who caddies for Woods after Williams? 

After parting with Williams, Woods hired Joe LaCava as his caddie. LaCava had carried bags for the PGA Tour golfers, Fred Couples and Dustin Johnson, before he started working for the golf legend. 

Woods faced many injuries in recent years, making his caddie jobless. However, he stayed by the golfer even though Woods told him to assist someone who is playing. Woods hasn’t played as many tournaments with LaCava as he did with Williams. Yet, he has won some prestigious events, including a major at the 2019 Masters, with LaCava on his bag. 

Do you think Woods would have won more if he was still working with Steve Williams as his caddie? 

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