GOLF WRITERS WOULD NOT MIND A BIT IF
TIGER'S CADDIE IS ON THE WAY OUT

He doesn't actually hit, kick or chase a ball of any description but Tiger Woods' caddie, Steve Williams is one of New Zealand's highest-paid sportsmen.
Which makes it all the more hard to believe the rumour mill on the golf circuit that Williams could be stepping down from his highly lucrative post.
Darren Clarke's English caddie, Billy Foster, is the man being tipped to take over the best bagman's job in sport.
Foster apparently impressed Woods when he stepped in to caddy at the 2005 Presidents Cup in Virginia when Williams' fiancee and now wife, Kirsty, was giving birth.
At the time Woods said he liked Foster's personality.
"He's very competitive, very feisty and very similar to Stevie."
Foster, for his part, is playing down all the rumours. He insists that he has not been asked to make the arrangement full time next season.
"A few rumours are flying around, but I've not been approached."
It would be a big surprise if Williams – a caddy since he was 16 – did quit at this stage, having been on the bag for 11 of his boss's 12 majors so far.
In March, on a visit to his native New Zealand, the 43-year-old Williams said that he hoped to keep caddying for Woods until the world No. 1 had reached the major figure of 19 majors –one more than the record held by Jack Nicklaus.
Those who follow Tiger Woods' fortunes for a living - golf writers - would certainly shed no tears if caddie Williams were to disappear from the scene. They dislike Williams for being a very unfriendly, very unhelpful character.

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