Tiger splits with Steve Williams

[abewley]

the downward spiral continues....sad.

[littlepingman]

Stevie's full statement is on his website...

http://www.kiwicaddy.co.nz/

[AWE46M3]

Saw this on Yahoo a few minutes ago:
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP)—[url="http://sports.yahoo.com/pga/players/147/"]Tiger Woods[/url] has decided to get rid of Steve Williams as his caddie.

Woods announced on his website Wednesday that he and Williams, who have been together since March 1999, will no longer be working together. Woods said only that it was time for a change.

Woods did not say who would replace Williams, or when he would return.

Williams has worked the last two majors for [url="http://sports.yahoo.com/pga/players/3176/"]Adam Scott[/url] of Australia.[/quote]


[url="http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-woods-caddie"]http://sports.yahoo....ap-woods-caddie[/url]

Looks like the reports from last week during the Open were correct. I'm guessing Tiger is done for the season. I could not imagine him showing up at a major with a caddy he's not all that familiar with.

[Carolina Golfer 2]

I could be wrong, but I thought you only needed a caddie if you were actually playing

[ironhorsegolfer]

I like the move. Tiger is clearly trying to move on and splitting from Stevie was just another step. Tiger will always be a great player whether it's Stevie or Joe Six Pack looping. I'd be disappointed if I were Stevie bc Tiger made him rich and caddying for Adam Scott doesn't have the same prestige.

[TheMoneyShot]

[quote name='SALUKI LEFTY' timestamp='1311188606' post='3407917']
Notah B. as his next caddie ??
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I was thinking the exact same thing. That would be interesting.

[OldTomMorris]

[quote name='Barto78' timestamp='1311189206' post='3407961']
[quote name='bowabowa' timestamp='1311188305' post='3407896']
Wonder if this is what the aborted Golf Channel interview from last week was going to be about...
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No, that was about he and Steinberg moving to a new ad agency IIRC.
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i believe the aborted interview was about the caddy split and he reconsidered as it would have screwed up adam scott's lead up to the open.

look at the timing of the announcement, tiger's mate clarke wins the open so tiger lets him have his few days in the golf headlines then announces.

for me this decision was made prior to the open. no way tiger was doing a sit down about steinberg ,why would he???

[J13]

[quote name='jg6925' timestamp='1311188802' post='3407933']
I agree...does anyone have any inside info on who it could be even though we don't know when he will be returning to competition
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Tiger committed to Notah Begays tourney at the end of August. My guess is Firestone in several weeks will be his first tourney back then the PGA Champ

[Konklifer]

I know it's been beaten to death, but he needs to dump Sean Foley too, swallow his pride and have Butch look at him again. Take that natural ability and get him back to where he belongs.

[zm231]

This is just crazy, honestly what's next?

[RookieBlue7]

It's been posted near a dozen times here too... A dozen topics on it....

[Auditor_Kevin]

I heard he's bringing Fluff back on the bag.......

[MJP22]

By reading some of these comments, you'd think Stevie made Tiger and not the other way around.

[kylevan]

It seems as if Tiger is overthinking and analyzing everything. He has changed his swing, swing coach, putter, caddy, all trying to fix his golf game. It seemed as when things were going good, Tiger's confidence was one of his biggest strengths...His confidence seems to have left him

[kafka01]

[quote name='AWE46M3' timestamp='1311189939' post='3408011']
Saw this on Yahoo a few minutes ago:




Looks like the reports from last week during the Open were correct. I'm guessing Tiger is done for the season. I could not imagine him showing up at a major with a caddy he's not all that familiar with.
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Huh - what does it matter, its not as if he is going to win anyways...

[matty1802]

Well if he's not playing why does he need a caddie! There is only one caddie that can replace him and that's Billy Foster. But very much doubt he would leave Westwood.

[MarkCPA]

[quote name='Mward2002' timestamp='1311189853' post='3408005']
[quote name='MarkCPA' timestamp='1311189561' post='3407980']
Lots of rumors that Tiger is having cash flow problems. Given Tiger hasn't played any golf, much less good golf, in quite some time that Stevie may have been having cash flow problems too until he got the gig with Adam Scott.
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Nike's still putting checks in his bank account every year, as is EA Sports and now that Japanese product. I would think cash flow is just fine. Maybe not the cash flow of 2009 but he's definitely not having to cut coupons every Sunday.
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I doubt he's clipping coupons either, but your are only taking into consideration half of the equation. A lot of money is going out the door too without the help of Gatorade, Gillette, Tag Huer, etc.

Sean Foley, you're next with your hybrid stack and tilt stuff. That won't work on that bad left knee.

[EVANHONAN]

OH FOR f*** SAKE

[mizunate]

A player/caddie relationship has to be a bond, not a business transaction. Sometimes, that bond becomes toxic. Maybe Stevie lost respect for Tiger. Maybe Tiger will really be absent for a lot longer than we know.
I have heard a few rumors about Steive being, shall we say...Tiger-esque off the course. If that's true, perhaps their lifestyles just clash now.

Whatever the case, we'll never know. Tiger ALWAYS plays his cards close to the chest.

[Cruisers]

[quote name='littlepingman' timestamp='1311189911' post='3408008']
Stevie's full statement is on his website...

[url="http://www.kiwicaddy.co.nz/"]http://www.kiwicaddy.co.nz/[/url]
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[quote]STATEMENT: Following the completion of the AT&T National I am no longer caddying for Tiger after he informed me that he needed to make a change. After 13 years of loyal service needless to say this came as a shock. Given the circumstances of the past 18 months working through Tiger's scandal, a new coach and with it a major swing change and Tiger battling through injuries I am very disappointed to end our very successful partnership at this time. I have had the opportunity to work of late for Australian Adam Scott and will now caddy for him on a permanent basis. Having started my caddying career with Australian great Peter Thompson and working for Greg Norman in the 80's I am excited about the future working for another Australian. [/quote]

[hawaiicy]

Amazed no one has mentioned these guys weren't just business partners. Stevie was Tiger's best man. They have been good friends for a long time. Considering the short list of those that Tiger has, that's what surprises me about this move.

Also love our golf writers who find it good enough to grab two words (Shocked, Disappointed) from Stevie's statement and call it good. Top notch journalism there.

[damnorcross]

I'm not the first to say it, but I can't wait for Stevie's book. And maybe Rachel Uchitel will write one now that she had to give back the hush money.

[justinp766]

[quote name='kafka01' timestamp='1311190568' post='3408057']
[quote name='AWE46M3' timestamp='1311189939' post='3408011']
Saw this on Yahoo a few minutes ago:




Looks like the reports from last week during the Open were correct. I'm guessing Tiger is done for the season. I could not imagine him showing up at a major with a caddy he's not all that familiar with.
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Huh - what does it matter, its not as if he is going to win anyways...
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Your going to put a foot in your mouth soon.

[matthewsiv]

This is a joke.

Tiger Woods running out of money?

A year ago he was a billionaire!

Pays Elin say $100,000,000 and is now broke after being paid another $75,000,000 last year according to the business guy on the golf channel?

How can he be broke!

As for Steve Williams, in my opinion a great caddie before him and will be after him.

Tiger has gone to pieces since his Father died and will NEVER be the same.

His problems are of his own making not everybody elese.

[AWE46M3]

Sorry for starting this topic if was already common knowledge around here. The previous thread was locked up and didn't seem to have much more than a bunch of speculation/unverified reports unless there is another thread somewhere around here that I missed. I must admit, I didn't exactly go looking for another aside form the one from last week.

If this thread is just beating a dead horse then by all means, Mods, please delete it.

[Buzzkill]

Man, I bummed. Can't believe Tiger cut him loose. I'm guessing he's probably done for the year but I hope I'm wrong. I'm a huge Tiger fan so now I don't have any golf to watch on TV for awhile - that sucks.

[patrickw25]

I wonder if we'll next be hearing that he and Sean Foley are parting ways? Wouldn't shock me.

[Skaffa77]

From here, TW will either be one of the greatest come-backs or one of the greatest tragedies in professional golf (maybe even professional sports).  

I honestly didn't think this split was going to happen.   I always found Stevie's candor with TW on the course to be important.   TW needs people who will speak their mind especially since he lost his father.  

I still think a good butt kicking from Lee Travino would do TW good.

[MacMia]

Of all the changes Tiger could make, this is probably the third or fourth choice by a long shot... Steiny has done a horrible job in helping him manage the spin of the scandal. Foley is destroying the best swing on the planet, after Haney started the job.

In the movie, Stevie is played by Stone Cold...

[bowabowa]

Haney agrees: Probably right RT [url="http://twitter.com/Joey_P_Golf"]@Joey_P_Golf[/url]: [url="http://twitter.com/HankDHaney"]@HankDHaney[/url] I suppose this was what the news conference that never happened was about

[quote name='OldTomMorris' timestamp='1311190122' post='3408024']
[quote name='Barto78' timestamp='1311189206' post='3407961']
[quote name='bowabowa' timestamp='1311188305' post='3407896']
Wonder if this is what the aborted Golf Channel interview from last week was going to be about...
[/quote]

No, that was about he and Steinberg moving to a new ad agency IIRC.
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i believe the aborted interview was about the caddy split and he reconsidered as it would have screwed up adam scott's lead up to the open.

look at the timing of the announcement, tiger's mate clarke wins the open so tiger lets him have his few days in the golf headlines then announces.

for me this decision was made prior to the open. no way tiger was doing a sit down about steinberg ,why would he???


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