ROMERO HAD AN 82 WITH MANCHESTER CITY STRIKER AS CADDIE

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By James Corrigan

A high-ranking official at the Royal and Ancient has described Carlos Tévez’s caddying in the final round at the Open as “madness” and vowed to look into the issue.

The Argentine and Manchester City striker was invited by his compatriot, Andrés Romero, to carry his bag on Sunday and Tevez' involvement inevitably attracted a big crowd. Romero shot an 82 to finish last on 18 over.
UNIMPRESSED
Jim McArthur, the R and A’s championship committee chairman, sounded unimpressed.

“He never put the bag down, even when he was standing on the green – it’s just absolute madness,” McArthur said. “I think we may need to look at this particular case. We ­normally get a list of caddies at the start of the week.”

After the round Tévez complained of how much his shoulder hurt. Manchester City are unlikely to be amused if the Argentine reports any injury problems in that area ahead of the new season.

The R and A’s chief executive, Peter Dawson, seemed pleased the impromptu appearance had drawn extra attention to the event.
“It was pretty interesting,” he said. “I thought, because of the big crowd following the group, that golf fans and football fans may overlap a little more than I had realised. It’s not a bad thing, ­perhaps.”

Dawson was asked if he thought Romero’s dreadful round might have been related to his bizarre choice of caddy.
“For all I know Mr Tévez may be a very experienced caddie. I’ve got no information as to his background,” he said. “But whether it’s the player’s fault or the caddie’s fault that the score was so high, I couldn’t possibly comment.”