Cowan, who has twice won the PGA Tour's Caddie Championship and who plays at Congressional CC, called his play "mediocre at best," but said it wasn't the pressure, just the untidiness of his game. "It was awesome that [of] the caddies that were there, Gregory held up his end pretty nicely," Cowan said. "He hit the shot that won the thing, that's pretty awesome. The fact that Matt did so many things through the various skills was spectacular. Joe and I kind of sucked."
They may have sucked on a couple of swings, but they're sevens and nobody cared. It came down to the last skills test, the short iron over water. Earlier, in the pitch-over-a-water hazard contest, Greg Norman Jr. clanged a shot off the pin but was upstaged by his father, who, on his last ball, jarred a wedge after trying two impossible mega-flops with the face of his wedge open like a spatula.
Now, with a full pitching wedge, and a "Liquid Force" baseball hat on his head ("Best wakeboard company in the world," the kid said, working an endorsement deal.), young Norman took it back just like his dad and hit a wedge that spun back off a crown and stopped a breath away from the cup.
Last up were Achatz and Mediate. Because of the lead they built up, they were given five balls each. On his last shot, Achatz came close to holing it -- but not as close as Mediate, who was tackled and shoved to the ground by Norman & Norman, making for great TV.
"I'm going to watch the show just to see that shot," Couples said, sitting in his director's chair after Mediate peeled himself off the grass.
"Looked staged, right," LaCava said, sitting alongside.
Folks, believe me. It wasn't. These caddies have some game.
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