What’s It Like To Caddie With Tiger Woods?
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-08-27
Over the years, we’ve heard plenty of players recount the unforgettable sensation of playing golf for the first time alongside Tiger Woods. But what’s it like to caddie alongside him?
Derrick Payne, who owns and operates a Miami-area golf academy, got a call from his friend and business partner Alex Fernandez. Fernandez had a packed teaching schedule coming up and wanted to know if Payne would caddie for his son Jonah, who was hoping to play in his first event as an 11-year-old. Payne doesn’t often caddie for his students — he doesn’t want to appear to be playing favorites — but helping Fernandez is different.
Payne talks with GOLF.com writer Dylan Dethier about the opportunity of a lifetime.