Something this weekend and yesterday really bothered me quite a bit involving sports journalists, primarily ESPN … they took Adam Scott’s eight career win at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and turned it into the Stevie Williams versus Tiger Woods show.
You see for the last decade-plus, Williams was the man who carried Woods’ bag to 13 major titles and many more wins and accolades and then a couple of weeks ago was fired from Woods for one reason or another, it varies a little depending on who you ask. Williams felt like Woods was disloyal to him and took up Scott’s bag for the near future.
Well, Woods decided to make his comeback from injury last week at the Bridgestone Invitational and it immediately became the Woods versus Williams show, which at the time wasn’t that annoying or wrong.
But, then Scott took the tournament lead early on and never relinquished it winning it on Sunday by one stroke. Williams took the spotlight after the win saying it was the greatest win of his career … dude, remember you’re just a caddie.
But, can you really blame Williams for making himself the story, when every sports media outlet is doing the exact same thing. It all comes off as highly disrespectful to Adam Scott to me on both the part of Williams and the media. Here’s a little message for ESPN and Stevie Williams … the next time I want to hear from a caddie or even see a caddie it better be while I’m watching “Caddyshack.”
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