Three years removed from being in Tiger Woods' employ, caddy Steve Williams is doing something for Woods now that he never did before:
Turn Tiger into a sympathetic figure.
The Golf Channel cited a Williams interview with Fox Sports Australia that talked about Williams impending retirement as a caddy - he now works for Adam Scott. But during the interview, he managed to slip in another zinger or two about his former boss.
"I haven't sorted anything out with him," Williams explained during an interview with Australia's Fox Sports. "There's been a lot of ... this, that and the other ... but the hatchet hasn't been buried."
As the Golf Channel reported, Williams caddied for Woods from 1998-2008, and Woods won 13 of his 14 Majors tournaments. Woods abruptly fired Williams in 2011.
The two seemed to have a reconciliation during the 2013 British Open. Williams indicated that he had talked to Tiger, which helped Williams finally move past his dismissal, according to the Golf Channel.
"There's an old saying that time heals all wounds," Williams said in August. "It's been a couple of years and, as I said, time has a way of healing."
Some nine months later, that appears not to be the case.
"It's just personal things and a difference of opinions on how things went down," Williams said Tuesday. "I need to sort that out with him."
And as a final jab, Williams said what has been readily apparent for the last five years, but Tiger's ex-caddy felt the need to point out in case anyone had missed it: Woods no longer intimidates his peers.
"I always felt that was a big thing, that guys were intimidated by him," Williams said. "(But) there's no intimidation factor anymore, and that counts a lot."
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