Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World's Greatest Golfers

Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World's Greatest Golfers

by Steve Williams
Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World's Greatest Golfers

Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World's Greatest Golfers

by Steve Williams

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Overview

    With 150 wins to his name, Steve Williams is one of the most successful caddies of the modern era. From his modest start in freelancing his way around the world’s golf courses, he became a man in demand, working with some of the golfing world’s best. Greg Norman, Raymond Floyd, Terry Gale, Ian Baker-Finch, and Adam Scott all benefitted from the knowledge, experience, and honesty for which Williams is known.
    Williams is perhaps best known, however, for his triumphant thirteen years on the bag of Tiger Woods. Together, Woods and Williams won more than 80 tournaments—with 13 major championships among them.
    But it wasn’t all celebrations. Despite his best efforts, Williams could only watch as Woods fell from the podium, his game in decline—ignorant of the scandal about to make headlines around the world that would nearly ruin Tiger’s pro career.
    In this candid book, Williams tells the stories of golf’s elites that you won’t hear anywhere else—the highs and lows of their careers, and the critical role of a caddie in both spots.
    Bold and entertaining, his story offers a rare insider’s view of the professional golfing world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780735232785
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Publication date: 03/29/2016
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Steve Williams is a professional caddy with a career spanning 36 years. In that time he has amassed 150 wins, among them 13 major championships on the bag of Tiger Woods. Away from the golf course, Williams has a strong association with motor racing, winning two New Zealand titles in 2005 and 2010. He continues to race saloon and super saloon cars. In 2001, Williams and his wife, Kirsty, set up the Steve Williams Foundation. As well as assisting junior golf and motor racing throughout New Zealand, the foundation has a close relationship with Starship Hospital in Auckland, and a primary focus on children’s health.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Stepping Out 9

Chapter 2 What I Do 21

Chapter 3 Swimming with the Great White Shark 37

Chapter 4 The Good life 53

Chapter 5 Earning My Stripes 67

Chapter 6 Trust 83

Chapter 7 The Grand Slam 97

Chapter 8 The Big Wet 109

Chapter 9 Taking the Mick Out of Phil 119

Chapter 10 Talking Back 125

Chapter 11 Under Pressure 133

Chapter 12 Greatest Hits 143

Chapter 13 Cambo Stands His Ground 151

Chapter 14 Back from Despair 161

Chapter 15 The Great Limp to Glory 171

Chapter 16 Giving Back 185

Chapter 17 The Beginning of the End 195

Chapter 18 Broken Bonds 211

Chapter 19 Out of the Jungle 223

Chapter 20 A National Hero 237

Chapter 21 Out of the Rough 247

Acknowledgements 261

Glossary 263

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