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Matt Kuchar defends low pay to caddie after he won $1.2M in November tournament
Andy Nesbitt, For The WinPublished 10:53 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2019 | Updated 10:16 a.m. ET Feb. 14, 2019

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Matt Kuchar is known as being one of the nicest guys on the PGA Tour. He's always quick with a smile when fans yell, "Koooooooooooooch" seemingly every weekend on the PGA Tour and he never seems to be even close to being rattled.

But apparently he's also one of the cheapest guys on Tour because after a win last November at Mayakoba Classic, in which he earned more than $1.2 million for, he paid his caddie just $5,000.

His caddie, David "El Tucan" Ortiz, was a stand-in that week for Kuchar's regular caddie. So you think Kuchar might want to give him even more for stepping in and helping pick up his first win in more than four years.

Instead he gave him $5,000 and walked away feeling like he had done the right thing.

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Kuchar had a chance to correct things when asked about it Wednesday before this week's Genesis Open but instead he doubled down on it by saying, "Making $5,000 is a good week."



Kuchar said to Golf.com that he told Ortiz he would pay him $1,000 if he missed the cut, $2,000 if he made the cut, $3,000 if he had a top-20 and $4,000 if he had a top-10. "The extra $1,000 was, 'Thank you - it was a great week.' Those were the terms. He was in agreement with those terms. That's where I struggle. I don't know what happened. Someone must have said, `You need much more.' "

Take into account that Kuchar has won more than $46 million on Tour and is 10th on the all-time money list.

According to a report, Kuchar later offered to pay the caddie another $15,000, but Ortiz turned it down, telling Kuchar he could keep his money.​

Good for Ortiz on that one. But Kuchar should have done the right thing early on and tossed him a bunch of money after his because he has it and Ortiz sure deserved it
 
playahaitian said:
Matt Kuchar defends low pay to caddie after he won $1.2M in November tournament
Andy Nesbitt, For The WinPublished 10:53 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2019 | Updated 10:16 a.m. ET Feb. 14, 2019

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Matt Kuchar is known as being one of the nicest guys on the PGA Tour. He's always quick with a smile when fans yell, "Koooooooooooooch" seemingly every weekend on the PGA Tour and he never seems to be even close to being rattled.

But apparently he's also one of the cheapest guys on Tour because after a win last November at Mayakoba Classic, in which he earned more than $1.2 million for, he paid his caddie just $5,000.

His caddie, David "El Tucan" Ortiz, was a stand-in that week for Kuchar's regular caddie. So you think Kuchar might want to give him even more for stepping in and helping pick up his first win in more than four years.

Instead he gave him $5,000 and walked away feeling like he had done the right thing.

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Kuchar had a chance to correct things when asked about it Wednesday before this week's Genesis Open but instead he doubled down on it by saying, "Making $5,000 is a good week."



Kuchar said to Golf.com that he told Ortiz he would pay him $1,000 if he missed the cut, $2,000 if he made the cut, $3,000 if he had a top-20 and $4,000 if he had a top-10. "The extra $1,000 was, 'Thank you - it was a great week.' Those were the terms. He was in agreement with those terms. That's where I struggle. I don't know what happened. Someone must have said, `You need much more.' "

Take into account that Kuchar has won more than $46 million on Tour and is 10th on the all-time money list.

According to a report, Kuchar later offered to pay the caddie another $15,000, but Ortiz turned it down, telling Kuchar he could keep his money.​

Good for Ortiz on that one. But Kuchar should have done the right thing early on and tossed him a bunch of money after his because he has it and Ortiz sure deserved it
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He's a bitch....
 
I mean he has a point if you used to making 200 a day and somebody gives you 5k it is a nice comeup but it was still a scum bag move by the golfer
 
Fuck him and all caddies, especially the cac ones. Back in the day black caddies were diminished to just a nigga toting clubs. Now it's some esteemed position. And you can't find a black caddie on the tour.
 
A caddie for a professional golfer typically earns 5 percent to 10 percent of the players’ winnings, on top of any salary he’s paid. Kuchar knows this and there are two reasons why he paid his caddy such relatively low amount for his million dollar plus win, (1) he's a cheap bastard and (2) the caddie is a minority. Nothing new, there was a time when all the caddies in the Master Tournament were black and paid little. Then when tournament purses starting increasing and caddie pay along with them suddenly all the black caddies were replaced by whites. Just more cac fuckery, we should not be surprised. :hmm:
 
ronmch20 said:
A caddie for a professional golfer typically earns 5 percent to 10 percent of the players’ winnings, on top of any salary he’s paid. Kuchar knows this and there are two reasons why he paid his caddy such relatively low amount for his million dollar plus win, (1) he's a cheap bastard and (2) the caddie is a minority. Nothing new, there was a time when all the caddies in the Master Tournament were black and paid little. Then when tournament purses starting increasing and caddie pay along with them suddenly all the black caddies were replaced by whites. Just more cac fuckery, we should not be surprised. :hmm:
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It is not a fucking tip its what he earns. And if you think a caddie has a thinkless job your uniformed or stupid. Tiger will tell you it was Fluff that helped him with his quick start. Caddies do more on the course than carry a bag. They are telling the golfer distance, wind, which club, what happen to other players on this hole today or yesterday. So dude fucked over a mexican and is a cheap bastard.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...ng-caddies-on-the-pga-tour-2017/#50dec95b10dd

GOLF CADDY
JOB DESCRIPTION
But the caddy is the person who walks round and carries the golfer’s bags round, no? Surely that’s not a full-time job!

Whilst carrying the bag is part of the caddy’s more traditional role, their actual job description is a whole lot more complicated than that. They are a confidante, a playing partner, a right-hand-man and an advisor to the professional golfer, and the close ties between golfer and caddy are testament to the difference they can make to a game. In short, they can make the difference between winning and losing a tournament, and in a competitive sport, that means everything!

Part of the role is menial – carrying the bag, cleaning the ball, raking the bunkers, replacing divots and holding the flag are all basic caddy duties, but the real skill in caddying lies in helping their golfer to determine the distance to the pin, in advising them on club use and informing them how their game is holding up, as well as how they think it could be improved. A lot to do then!
 
g0nbad real bad said:
It is not a fucking tip its what he earns. And if you think a caddie has a thinkless job your uniformed or stupid. Tiger will tell you it was Fluff that helped him with his quick start. Caddies do more on the course than carry a bag. They are telling the golfer distance, wind, which club, what happen to other players on this hole today or yesterday. So dude fucked over a mexican and is a cheap bastard.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...ng-caddies-on-the-pga-tour-2017/#50dec95b10dd


Hard to tell but are you implying that I consider what a caddie is paid is merely a tip. And was your comment "And if you think a caddie has a thinkless job your uniformed or stupid" directed at me or someone else? If it was directed at me for what I wrote you need to reread my comment because I in no way implied that a caddie does little more than carry a bag. :hmm:
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kirkout said:
You know this bama was thinking: well he shouldn’t even be here. If we had that wall he wouldn’t be here. So $5,000 is more than enough to feed his family and go back to Mexico. MAGA!

Fuck that white bread chicken shit muthfucka. That’s fucked up.
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Not defending the CAC, but the tournament was in Mexico.


TooTrilla said:
100k for caddie? Foh
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Caddies get paid a percentage of what the pro makes. So for a win of 1.2 million.....100k is the going rate.

TooTrilla said:
After taxes hes only keeping like 700k. I wouldn't give the caddy 100.
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The only reason it was even an issue is because the regular caddie was not there and a local substitute caddie was used....if it was the regular caddie he would have broke him off 10% without even batting an eye.

peterlongshort said:
I don’t know much about golf but breaking people off 10% here and 10% there will leave you broke as fuck real quick.
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That is how it works and always has. A caddie is paid a percentage of the pro's earnings.

comment101 said:
Hmmmm Whats wrong with 5k? Did the caddie help him hit the golf ball in the stupid little hole?
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He did his part. People don't realize that caddies go to the course before the pro and keep notes on:

distance to cross the water
distance to lay up
do you want to land on this side of the fairway or that side
does the grain of the grass on the green run left to right or some other direction

and much more shit than all of us on this thread can even imagine.....
 
tallblacknyc said:
To a bgol member he's not college educated and a teenager could do that job, he's an unskilled worker in their eyes... My thing is let every1 get paid..I'm juss being sarcastic to the people that will come in here looking at caddies as peons
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Couldn't agree more. Most people don't know that most professional caddies are scratch or near scratch golfers themselves and know a whole lot about the technical aspects of the game in addition to reading greens and computing yardages. As others have said they do a whole lot more for the guy they're caddying for than just toting his bag. :hmm:
 
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TooTrilla said:
After taxes hes only keeping like 700k. I wouldn't give the caddy 100.
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Dude has earned $45M+ on the tour, not including endorsements. What's funny is he's been with his regular caddy since 2015 and hasn't won a PGA Tournament with him :lol:
 
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yaBoi said:
you the reason people hate to see black people come into their a restaurant
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And you're a fucking dummy if you pay somebody 10% of a million dollars just the hold a bag and give you golf clubs.

You're also a dummy for comparing this caddie situation to tipping a waitress at a restaurant. Its nowhere near the same.
 
Fuck dat honkey. :angry: Hope his car blows up like Sam Rothstein's.

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