Tuesday, December 24, 2024

This pointless merchandise in Keegan Bradley’s bag makes caddie’s ‘blood boil’

Scott Vail, the caddie for Keegan Bradley, stated he hears it from the bag room attendants on a regular basis. He’ll go there to retrieve Bradley’s cumbersome employees bag, and so they at all times say the identical factor: “It’s so heavy; that is the heaviest one!”

Vail, in fact, already is aware of this.

“I’m like, ‘Say it when he’s round!’” Vail says.

The long-time looper was the visitor on this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar podcast and mentioned caddying for Bradley, Ryder Cup preparation and a few of his most memorable moments on Tour, however a big portion of the chat centered on his relationship with the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain.


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One (sensitive?) matter: the load of Bradley’s bag. Co-host Drew Stoltz requested Vail to call probably the most pointless merchandise Bradley retains in it.

“Don’t get me going,” he joked. “This may make my blood boil. He’s acquired this, what he calls his, ‘If Issues Go Horribly Incorrect Equipment.’

“He’s acquired contacts, he’s acquired glasses, he’s acquired eye drops as a result of he wears contacts. I’ve by no means seen it used — ever. And it’s like this tin field. Tin field — heavy. And it’s loaded up with stuff, and he goes, ‘That’s if issues go horribly incorrect.’ And I’m like, ‘Effectively, they haven’t gone horribly incorrect but? When can we do away with this?’”

Vail stated Bradley is fast to level out his caddie is actually robust sufficient to deal with carrying the bag — however Vail has a rebuttal.

“Have you ever heard of the straw that broke the camel’s again?” Vail stated. “It was a straw; let’s do away with that stuff — we don’t want that stuff. I don’t even know what’s in it. I do know there’s contacts, there’s this little equipment, first-aid equipment. I don’t know, do I acquired to do CPR when issues go incorrect? That’s the one factor that’s within the bag that I don’t even know why it’s in there.”

You’ll be able to take heed to the full interview with Vail right here, or you possibly can watch the whole video beneath.

Josh Berhow

As GOLF.com’s managing editor, Berhow handles the day-to-day and long-term planning of one of many sport’s most-read information and repair web sites. He spends most of his days writing, modifying, planning and questioning if he’ll ever break 80. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF.com in 2015, he labored at newspapers in Minnesota and Iowa. A graduate of Minnesota State College in Mankato, Minn., he resides within the Twin Cities together with his spouse and two children. You’ll be able to attain him at joshua_berhow@golf.com.

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