This Guy Paid US$75,000 To Caddie For Tiger Woods — Here’s What He Learned
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2019-12-19
By DYLAN DETHIER, Golf.com
“The three ‘ups’ to caddying,” Tiger Woods told David Gilbert with a grin. “Show up, keep up and shut up.”
Gilbert was in a rare position: a civilian caddying a full round of 18 holes for Tiger Woods. He’d bid US$75,000 for the opportunity to do so at Tiger Woods’ annual charity event, Tiger Jam, in Las Vegas earlier this year.
“We like to support the organization and we’ve done so for a few years,” said Gilbert, the founder and CEO of National Funding, a company specializing in small business loans. “Growing up in Orange County (Calif.), Tiger went to Cypress, I went to Esperanza, so I’ve been following him since I was a kid,” Gilbert said. Gilbert played JV golf when Woods competed against his high school. “When I saw this opportunity, I knew it was something I had to do.”