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Results for "Undercover Tour Pro"
Undercover Lessons: Tony Finau Promo
There’s nothing quite like watching one of the tour’s big hitters pounding tee shots at the range. In this extended video, Tony Finau and his coach, Boyd Summerhays, invite us into one of their private practice sessions – this one all about driving. See every shot hit, hear every word exchanged. A special, inside-the-ropes experience!
Undercover Lessons: Justin Thomas
In this video, Justin Thomas describes step by step how he warms up and dials in his explosive golf swing on the practice tee. He reveals his favourite ball flight and discusses what he’s trying to accomplish with each club he hits – and where his swing can get off track. Mike Thomas, Justin’s father Read more…
Undercover Lessons: Cameron Champ
Watch the PGA Tour’s most talked-about rookie, Cameron Champ, rip drivers and work his wedges in an extended range session with teacher Sean Foley. Champ has instantly become the longest hitter on tour, routinely driving it 340, 250 yards. Watch Foley, who coached Tiger Woods from 2010-2014, help Champ build a wedge game to follow Read more…
Undercover Lessons: Pat Perez
Since his junior-golf days in San Diego playing against Tiger Woods, Pat Perez has been the type of player who can make some noise, both with his game and his opinions—and this extended video puts that on full display. Telling it like it is, Perez explains how his recent swing changes are helping him keep Read more…
Undercover caddie: Think you could carry a 20-kilogram bag for a living?
One of my first events 30 years ago was the PGA Tour’s old Tucson Open. I remember seeing caddies who looked beat up.
Undercover caddie: Keeping your job means keeping a lot of different people happy
When I first started caddieing, that label was reserved for players whose rounds would explode over the smallest mistake. Now, after years in this business, “land mine” means something else: anyone who could potentially blow up my career.
Undercover caddie: Not everyone will be lining up to get vaccinated
Will we get vaccinated? Usually I feel good about speaking for caddies as a whole.
Undercover caddie: Minor leagues, major changes
Just last year a player fired me, and I can’t find another full-time bag on the PGA Tour. That’s why I’m here. It’s not where I want to be. Hell, it’s where I can’t be – not for very long, at least. The truth is this: I can’t make a living as a caddie on the Korn Ferry Tour.
UNDERCOVER CADDIE: Your player just won a Major? Let the good times roll
The relationship between a player and caddie is intricate, thrilling, messy, all over the emotional spectrum. It’s basically marriage without sex. So winning a Major is, well, as close as we get to having fun in the bedroom.
UNDERCOVER CADDIE: How does a bad pairing hurt? Let’s count the ways
To think that players have bad rounds because of bad chemistry with their pairings is only one branch of this tree.
Undercover Caddie: I’ve been fired 17 times… so far
Grabbing a bag on a professional tour means you’re perpetually on the hot seat.
Undercover Caddie: Dealing With A Forced Break From Tour Life
With kids, homes and divorces, guys were already living pay cheque to pay cheque before the pandemic hit.
Undercover caddie: Politics vs money? Money wins
Golf, compared to other pro sports, is mostly a controversy-free game. There are rules disputes, and slow play can really get on people’s nerves, but it’s nothing to get that worked up over.
Tommy Gainey to serve 11 months probation, avoids jail, after solicitation arrest
Gainey was ordered take a human trafficking class, serve up to 100 hours of community service and will pay fines and fees totalling $US6,218.60.
A month after arrest, Tommy Gainey wins Korn Ferry Tour opener
Gainey’s performance in the developmental tour’s opener is surprising on multiple fronts.
Tommy (Two Gloves) Gainey arrested in Florida prostitution sting
PGA Tour player Tommy (Two Gloves) Gainey has been arrested for soliciting a prostitute, according to the Polk County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office.
PGA Tour suspends Robert Garrigus for three months after testing positive for marijuana
Garrigus joins a handful of players to be publicly suspended for violating the PGA Tour anti-doping program.
