Former Caddie Claims He Was Treated ‘Like a Slave’

Buried beneath that and the marital-scandal saga was one minor gripe Williams had with Woods.

New Zealander Williams has been ridiculed for writing the slave comment in his biography, when he made millions of dollars during his long and enormously successful as Woods’ caddy.

Williams said publishers didn’t tell him they would use the controversial paragraph in excerpts released this week from his biography Out Of The Rough.

In the book, Williams returns once more to his relationship with Woods, saying that during their time together he often felt treated “like a slave”. When Woods would miss a shot, he fling his club, which is a club Woods wouldn’t go and fetch. Williams, who denies having any knowledge of Woods’ numerous affairs, claimed his ex-colleague only has himself to blame for his extraordinary fall from grace. I have a different view.

“Those of you with a marginally broader perspective – say, anyone above the age of eight – may be tempted to pick holes in Williams’ definition of captive servitude. Tiger listened to what I had to say, the air was cleared and we got on with it… his goal was to be the best player in history and my goal was to keep working as best I could to help make that happen”.

Apparently, Stephen doesn’t have a lot of respect for those in Williams’ profession. And what will his game be like?’ I don’t think this really changes much as far as I can tell in terms of my diagnosis of the situation.

After Woods’ life fell apart, Williams said he didn’t hear from Woods for four months.

Both men had a good run on the greens netting them each a small fortune.

ABC reports: “Williams ended up on Woods’ bag for 13 of his 14 major titles and 63 of his 79 PGA Tour victories”. Players outside the top 30 only earn $5,000 to $10,000 for this, but the caddies of the big three players, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy, who garner the most TV time, can earn more than $200,000 annually from endorsements. “The details are not discussed in the excerpt”. Nobody forced Williams to caddie for Woods. He said in the book, “There was a lot I needed to say and it was going to be hard to tell my boss he had to pull his head in”.

“People in my local community would front up to me at the shops and call me a liar to my face, and ask ‘what are you doing with him?”‘ Williams wrote.

Williams said he didn’t consider quitting as Woods’ caddie “as I felt incredibly loyal to Tiger – this was the toughest time of his life and I wasn’t going to ditch him”. You see it with every book that comes out.