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A Masters collapse is something you never get over

Yahoo Sports

"Even as he was trying to move on, he told me, he couldn’t; his past was dictating his future."

Editor's Note: This is one of two Undercover Caddie Masters collapse stories, if you can believe it. Check out the other one here . We understood the finality.

My player had been a professional for some time, and although he and his game had aged well, he knew there wasn’t much time left to compete. He knew he didn’t have much of a track record at Augusta National. Yet that year, on that week, he went low.

We didn’t have the lead, but we had a real shot. At this stage of his career, it was likely going to be the only one we would get. It’s no secret that some pros don’t love the game the way fans do.

You can get jaded by the business, the travel, the defeats and the reality that you’re not as good as you think. That wasn’t my player. He loved everything about golf, especially the Masters.

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