And I can see when those things are present and when they are not. Tiger Woods is not a choirboy. He will, on occasion, swear on the golf course. A national television audience gasped when he slammed his wedge to the ground in anger after failing to execute a delicate greenside flop shot on the back nine Sunday at Pebble Beach in early February. And Woods knows it.
Some guys are yes-men.
They'll say whatever the player wants to hear. Mike will give his opinion straight up. There are not a lot of caddies like that. And that's where I have the utmost respect for him. You note how Woods brightens when asked about Cowan during press conferences full of personal questions he barely tolerates.