Hey, Steve Williams, you were paid handsomely to be Tiger Woods' slave, so whatever he does to you is fine.
That's the reaction some have to Williams' tell-all book on Tiger Woods, "In the Rough."
Caddie Steve Williams Says Tiger Woods Treated Him Like Slave, Hung Him Out To Dry
"It's been a long time since I took a history class, and my grades weren't the best anyway, so maybe you can help me out: Were slaves paid an enormous sum of money to pick up golf clubs? I don't remember that," Golf.com's Michael Rosenburg commented. "Look: If people don't like Woods, that's their right. If Williams looks back and decides he doesn't like Woods, then that's his right. But please: Let's stop with this utterly stupid notion that Tiger Woods mistreated Steve Williams
"On every day that Williams worked for Tiger, he could have quit. He could have caddied for another player -- he has since hooked on with the genial and talented Adam Scott, with great success. Nobody forced Williams to caddie for Woods. He kept doing it because Woods was winning a lot more than anybody else, and presumably Woods was paying him more than anybody else would."
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USA Today Sports' For the Win collected reports that Williams could've made anywhere from $8 million to $20 million caddying for the then-No. 1 player in the world.
But does that allow Woods to treat Williams however he liked? In an excerpt from stuff.co.nz, Williams said he felt like he was Woods' friend, so to have a friend throw down his clubs and expect his caddy to pick them up or spit in a cup would cause greater anger in Williams.
Yes, Williams could have quit, but unless you're in his shoes, don't say you would've turned your back on those millions of dollars -- or however much money he made -- yourself. Who is going to be the caddie that wants a legacy of being the one to walk away from Tiger Woods at his peak?
If Williams can make a few more bucks selling a book that says Woods had a temper, more power to him.
If Tiger wins another major, he will be beloved again and no one will remember what Williams asserted. If Woods never wins another major, his off-the-course legacy might just be more about his 2009 infidelity discovery than his caddy's hurt feelings.
This notion that a person should have to give up his dignity just because he is well compensated is a bit outdated.
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