September 25, 2011 Edgar Thompson, PGA Tour.
Tiger Woods missed the FedEx Cup playoffs and hasn’t teed it up in more than a month. Yet on the final day of the Tour Championship, he grabbed headlines once again.
Woods’ choice of Joe LaCava as his new caddy won’t cause the stir his firing of longtime looper Steve Williams did this summer.
But the move, announced Sunday on Woods’ Web site, suggests those inside the game are optimistic about the direction of former world No. 1’s game.
LaCava, the longtime caddy of Fred Couples, will leave Dustin Johnson to join Woods.
While the 27-year-old Johnson is one of the game’s most promising players and a recent winner, Woods, 35, is surrounded by questions and winless in 22 months.
“This is a unique opportunity to be part of something very special,” LaCava said. “Tiger and I have been friends for a very long time, and I know what he can do.
Johnson won The Barclays last month with LaCava on the bag, showing the composure and sound decision-making that had cost him in the past.
But according to The Associated Press, Johnson could play more events on the European Tour next year and LaCava wants to spend more time at home with his two children, ages 12 and 14.
Still, LaCava can secure a better future for his children with the more money he makes.
Woods made Williams a rich man, generating as much as $20 million for him, by some estimates.
Woods hasn’t the money maker he was during his first 11 years with Williams on the bag. But the 14-time major champion has plenty of earning power left, if he can rediscover his golf game.
Woods, who plays a more limited schedule than Johnson, will return to the course in two weeks at the Frys.com Open, an hour south of San Francisco.
Everyone will be eager to see how Woods’ game looks after nearly two months away from competition.
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