Trampas wrote: » https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2019/0214/1029574-5-000-is-a-great-week-kuchar-stands-by-caddie-sum/ Let’s see how Kuch gets on carrying his own bag around
Rikand wrote: I would totally carry Kuch's bag for 5k a week. 1/4 million a year Thats a fine salary!
Mantis Toboggan wrote: » Nah he won 1,300,000 million, he gave his caddy 5k. He's already a multi millionaire the money means very little to him. The standard rate for the caddy is 10%. Now he's not the regular caddy so 5% would have been decent. He gave him 0.38%. It was a tight arse move.
PokeHerKing wrote: » So would I but what's that got to do with this story?
Remind me wrote: » Nice to be watching golf and not have to listen to mark roe
Golfhead65 wrote: » This has painted the god loving golly gosh golfer as a right tight ass, Especially if his one time caddie is a pro caddie normally and would expect the normal win ratio that caddies get, never heard of him but I'd doubt he would try it on with the likes of Stevie Williams,Colin Byrne etc
Kevin Finnerty wrote: » Is it back on?
GreeBo wrote: » The cash agreed to a fixed about before the tournament and kuchar gave him not than that anyway. I'm sure the caddy would have been delighted with 5k instead of 5% if kuch had missed the cut.He got the more than the standard temp caddy, more then he agreed to work for and was offered 3 times more again. I reckon kuch gets a new caddy before yer man gets a new bag. No player wants that hassle, might as well have the greatest kiwi sportsman ever on the bag.
bren2001 wrote: » He got far less than the standard temp caddie. Peter Lawrie discussed this on Golf Weekly. On European Tour events there's typically a sign informing temp caddies of the typical arrangement of 10%. Kuchar entered last minute. Had no realistic reason to believe he was going to win. Somehow won the tournament and pocketed 1.3 million (ok there's taxes and other costs too). That caddie had something to do with that. I think it's an absolute disgrace to only pay him the 5k. 5% to him and 5% to his regular caddie seems fair to me.
GreeBo wrote: » golf "I've done enough tournaments and had enough weekly caddies and I'm very clear about what the payment will be. And we had an arrangement Tuesday that David was okay with, and I thought Sunday he was very much okay with it."No one forced the caddy to carry. "An additional $15,000 was offered, but Ortiz said he turned it down because he believed he deserved another $45,000. “No thank you. They can keep their money.”"
RoadRunner wrote: » Bag carrier signed up to a low-risk easy money contract ensuring he gets paid regardless of win or not. The world doesn't work the way he wants it to. You have to take risks to get big money. If a taxi-driver drives me to a business meeting where I sign a multimillion contract. I'll not be giving taxi-driver 45grand tip. LOL. Kuch will never have a worry trying to find someone to carry his golf sticks around a course
RoadRunner wrote: Bag carrier signed up to a low-risk easy money contract ensuring he gets paid regardless of win or not. The world doesn't work the way he wants it to. You have to take risks to get big money. If a taxi-driver drives me to a business meeting where I sign a multimillion contract. I'll not be giving taxi-driver 45grand tip.
First Up wrote: » Well the guy who drove Kuchar to the course doesn't deserve a percentage but the caddy is usually considered part of the player's team.
bren2001 wrote: » Kuchar to give El Tucan the 50k by the looks of it:https://mobile.twitter.com/PGATOURComms/status/1096524302738968579/photo/1
Joe_ Public wrote: Jesus american apologies are such overblown melodrama fests. Just send the guy the 50k cheque you should have given him the day of the event and all sorted. “Not who i am or what i represent.†Well, evidently it is on both counts or you wouldn’t have had to be shamed into such an abject, cringe inducing apology.
Joe_ Public wrote: » I think you’re mistaking the guy for a regular tour caddy who would have had experience of lifting pro bags and making these deals. He was/is a local bagman who earns/ed typically 100-200 bucks per round when he managed to get work. I’d say wealthy americans visiting that club would love nothing better than to have a local celebrity carry their bag and to give him a generous tip. So he’ll do alright out of it I imagine.
Old diesel wrote: » See its the fact that he normally gets much less money that makes his stance harder to understand.
Joe_ Public wrote: » I guess in the heel of the hunt he’s got his 50 grand (we assume that’s what it was) and will go back to his original gig, as he always intended to do, so I don’t see it as being particularly complex from that pov. This has obviously all played out for several weeks behind the scenes, with back and forth between the sides. I honestly don’t know where it hasn’t occurred to the golfers side to come to conclusion this guys been a bit cheeky, demanding 50k (less than 4%) of the cut, well let’s just give it to him and get him off our backs. No more is heard of it. Instead they dig their heels in, this chancer is trying to blackmail us, we had a deal, i already gave him more than we agreed (1k)....who does he think he is etc Did they ever stop for a moment and think how those optics were gonna play out?
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