Tiger Woods - Caddy extrodinaire

There are many things that golfers wish for. A longer drive, a better short game, the ability to 2-putt the green, or to simply miss the tree or water hazard on their favorite course. But if you were to ask the average golfer what might be on the top of their wish list you can count on 2 or 3 things.

• To play a round of golf with Tiger Woods
  
• To get advice from Tiger Woods or any of the top golfers in the PGA
  
• To be a caddy or walking the golf course along with any of the world’s best players
  

Of course I think that all the above would be great things to have happen. And all of the above are beyond the ability of the average golfer. Normally.

But thanks to Tee Off With Tiger – a competition sponsored by Buick – one average golfer was able to live out one of these dreams, in a manner. John Abel was the lucky man, and what he got was a round of golf. With Tiger Woods being his caddy.

Can you imagine that?

I seriously can’t imagine how any regular duffer could play with Tiger calling the shots. Abel states that he got a lot of huge advice from Tiger. From shots to putting on greens that Tiger admits are about 3 feet slower than what the pro’s play on. Greens I might add that were indecipherable to us regular folks.



I tell you that this was something I am envious of. If I had the money I would donate $100,000 to charity just to be able to play with Tiger. I can’t imagine what sum of money it might take to get him to caddy for me. I’d donate $10,000 just to carry his clubs and watch as he played a golf course. That alone would be huge in learning to play better, I’m sure of it.

I imagine that there are lots of photos that Abel has with Tiger, and they will never be on eBay. Talk about prized possessions.

But as I end this envy post (yes I envy that opportunity) I want to touch on something else that John Abel mentioned about the time with Tiger. Unlike many celebrities these days that are full of ego and conceit, Tiger it seems is a “fantastic guy”.

It’s often hard to get a feel of the real person separate of the celebrity or athlete. Too often they turn out to be a certain orifice as opposed to anything resembling pleasant. Yet Abel conveys the image that out of competition, among average people like you and me, Tiger Woods is not only human but someone you would want to have a beer with. The more I hear about celebrities and entertainers, their drug problems, divorces, cheating, and violations of law, the more I appreciate just hearing that some are better than that. And yes, the fact that this is an African American man that is not into drugs, misogyny, and all that the “ghettofabulous” lifestyle promotes like crack really makes it all like manna from above.

But like all the duffers I play with, and I imagine across the world, I still have my wish list. Who knows, maybe one day it will come true. It did for John Abel so you never know.