Archive for the 'Caddie Shuffle' Category

Caddie Whack: Wies Fire Greg Johnston

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Michelle Wie bashers might ask: Did Daddy Wie’s cell phone battery die out during the overseas flight, or is some lowly administrative assistant getting chewed out as this is posted?

Probably neither since sports agent Ross Berlin delivered the bad news to caddie Greg Johnston himself…

A public relations firm in New York released a statement from [...]

Blame All Around at Bighorn; Annika Not Immune

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

SI.com’s Rob Stanger says there’s plenty of blame and questionable decisions for everyone including SI senior writer Michael Bamberger, caddie Greg Johnston, and tour officals.

I saw Anna Sorenstam’s televised conversation regarding line of sight, and at the time it seemed like it was going on for a lot longer than it should. Stanger explains it…

All [...]

Caddie Greg Johnston at Fault? (Updated)

Monday, October 17th, 2005

Chris Baldwin over at TravelGolf makes a good argument on why Sports Illustrated reporter Michael Bamberger isn’t at fault:

Most sports reporters could care less who wins and loses. Sports reporters worry about deadlines (they hate TV pushing important games to late at night). They worry about their access to the athletes, really the fans access [...]