Black ribbon day in Dubai for passing

 of caddie Dave Renwick

 

FROM BERNIE MAGUIRE

Association of Golf Writers Secretary

I know all members of the Association will be saddened to learn of the passing of Scottish-born caddie Dave Renwick.

As a mark of respect, players, officials, his fellow caddies and many media, including our Chairman and members of the AGW committee here in Dubai, are wearing black ribbons.

Of course, Dave was very well known to many AGW members as always being very engaging and also so helpful when it came to assiting journalists with their copy and also in publication of various books

Dave grew up in East Calder near Edinburgh and first caddied at age 11.

He joined the European Tour in 1983 after several years working on an oil rig in the North Sea.

Dave teamed-up with Jose Maria Olazabal in 1986 and worked with the Spaniard through to 1994, winning 14 European Tour titles including the 1994 Masters and two other times in the States.

He caddied for Fulton Allem at the 1994 Open Championship when Steve Elkington approached him to work with Elkington in the States. They won later that year ahead of capturing the 1995 PGA Championship.

In June 1997, Dave teamed-up with Vijay Singh in what would be the greatest period of his caddying career and with Singh winning seven times, including the 1998 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters, before they split in August 2000.

Dave also caddied for Lee Westwood for a time before returning to caddy for Singh at the 2003 U.S. Open and helping Singh to reach World No. 1 in caddying for seven of his nine victories in 2004 that included capturing the 2004 PGA Championship.

When asked about Singh going to World No. 1 Dave responded:  “Yeah, we beat Tiger the last day and birdied three of the last four holes to overtake him in the world rankings with a win, as well.”

Dave then caddied for the likes of Graeme McDowell, Adam Scott, Thorjborn Olesen, Graeme Storm, Gareth Maybin, Ricardo Gonzalez while he ended his European Tour career with fellow Scot Chris Doak before moving  back to the States in early 2015 to caddy for K J Choi.

And the key to being a good caddy?

“Just being relaxed I don’t let too much really bother me out there,” said Dave.

That summed up Dave Renwick.

On the practice range here in Dubai players and caddies have been fondly remembering Dave and with everyone a tale to tell but then most unprintable.

Here is a link to Martin Dempster articles in The Scotsman earlier this year and featuring Dave talking about his career.

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/golf/dave-renwick-a-major-with-the-elk-but-vijay-was-something-else-1-3993718

The Association of Golf Writers expresses our condolences to his wife, Ruth and his children.

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