I am sure that you have heard by now about Tiger Woods and his former Caddie Stevie Williams. The pair had great success together and then in July had a horrible public break-up that left Tiger looking like a jerk and Stevie as another victim of "Tigergate".
Williams quickly found work on the bag of Adam Scott and appeared to have moved on from the "betrayal". Not long after joining Scott, he won the Bridgestone on August 7. After Scott's win, oddly, the attention was more focused on who carried the clubs than who was swinging them. After the final round, Williams was interviewed and declared "I've caddied for 33 years - 145 wins now - and that's the best win I've ever had". That comment (or the interview itself, I mean, how many caddies get the spotlight interview after the PGA player wins?) led to an outcry that Williams was a bit over the line and needed to be humble rather than bitter.
Last week I wrote my blog on the PGA Tour Top 10. After writing it I realized how many great players there are on the PGA Tour, most of which are unknowns. I wanted to try to force myself to rank the rest of the Top 25.
Top 10:
Darren Clarke won the British Open on Sunday outlasting Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson. Although Clarke is the most recent major champion, he doesn't rank as one of the best golfers on tour. Here is my list of the PGA's Top 10 players:
1. Dustin Johnson -- We all know Johnson's history of choking in the final round of big events. But in order to be in a position to choke in major events, you have to be good enough to get to the top of the leaderboard to begin with. Like any athlete knows in any sport you have to lose some battles to win wars. I find a lot of similarities between Johnson and Phil Mickelson. Like Johnson's driving ability, Mickelson had a reputation early in his career for having amazing abilities with his short game. Much like DJ driving the ball 360+ yards, Mickelson had people whispering about him when he was hitting wedge shots backwards over his head. Phil played his first PGA tour event in 1996, but didn't win his first major until 2004. Johnson played his first event in 2008, so essentially he has until 2016 until he needs to start worrying. During the first part of Phil's career he found himself in contention at major events, but never seemed to have that killer instinct. It wasn't until people starting to wonder if he would go his entire career without winning a major that he started to get that look of focus in his eyes. I don't know if we will have to wait until 2016 to see Johnson win a major, but it might take that long for DJ to find his focus. Needless to say, I have Johnson No. 1 because he is so naturally talented. Johnson has also produced 4 top 10 finishes in the last 8 major events.