Peter Dawson takes positives out of unlikely caddie Carlos Tevez
Argentine Carlos Tevez, a footballer from Manchester City, worked as a caddie for compatriot friend Andres Romero during the final round at The Open Championship last weekend.
Romero, in the meantime, carded four double bogeys for a 18-over par to end his campaign at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. Moreover, he slipped down to the last position on the leaderboard among the players who made the cut.
However, it was not Romero’s score that caught the eye of the Royal & Ancient (R&A) officials. In fact, it was Tevez amusing behaviour that confused many of them.
His movement on the course was not normal for many that were present on the course. For the most part he spent on the course, he did not put the bag down not even on the greens.
The R&A Championship Committee Chairman Jim McArthur was not happy with the way he moved along the course. He stated that he wants to have a complete look into that particular case and called Tevez’s behaviour as ‘absolute madness’.
"Maybe it's something we need to just have a look at," McArthur added. "We do normally get a list of caddies at the beginning of the week and we take that into account".
The R&A Chief Executive Peter Dawson, on the other hand, decided to highlight the positives of Tevez’s day in Royal Lytham.
"It's not for me to say anything about players' choice of caddie as long as they behave in the best traditions of the championship and within the rules," said Dawson.
"For all I know Mr Tevez may be a very experienced caddie. I've got no information as to his background. But whether it's the player's fault or the caddie's fault that the score was so high, I couldn't possibly comment".
According to Dawson, it was interesting to watch golf and football fans creating a huge crowd at the course and watched their favourite players live in front of them.
Therefore, such a thing cannot be called as ‘bad’ as far as everything keeps normal and remains under the rules and regulations set by the officials.
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