I don’t read barstool and think the founder guy is an asshole, but I’m also over Deadspin constantly harping against websites that are consistently more successful than Deadspin.

The standard 5 - 10% of winnings is for a regular caddie that you work with year round. There’s value and benefit from working with someone over time, not just on a one-week basis. And those guys also get 5 - 10% of wins because they’re there for the non-wins too, when they only collect a salary of ~$1 - 2k/week if I…

You left out the part where he offered to pay him $20k...and he REFUSED!!!

Curious, if a contractor does work on your house, and you pay him 5 grand, as agreed upon before the project starts. Then, you turn around and sell the house for 50K more than you would have before he did the work. Do you give him part of that 50K?

So, are you saying cameras didn’t pick up an attack because there wasn’t an attack? So what do you reckon really happened? how did he get injured? He looked for a blind spot and beat himself up? Or are you saying his injuries are nonexistent?

“Pretty shitty” is your opinion and you are trying to spend someone else’s money. $3-4K for the week plus a bonus of over$100K depending on his winnings? I call BS. This isn’t either of their first times either so this smells more like Ortiz feels burned and is using the rich-hating media to extort money from Kuchar.…

This is correct.  I used to play competitive golf and still have friends that are both players and caddies.  I have caddied myself as a fill in once or twice.  What is customary with *your* caddy is not customary if, for whatever reason, you are picking up someone on the bag as a one off.  Whatever it is, is usually…

This is the correct take. When this story came out a month ago I thought it was shitty of Kuchar. When the details came out about the initial payment agreement I changed my mind. When a bunch of people who don’t know anything about golf started in with their hot takes I started to feel bad for Kuchar. When Kuchar made…

It’s amazing how generous all of the commenters are . . . with other people’s money.

This is about experience and job security, if they guy gets a full 10% commission for just carrying Kuchar’s bag, then that diminishes what the pros do for their livelihood. Being a caddie is more than carrying a bag and giving numbers (I know because I was one for several years) so throwing a random course caddie a…

So by your logic, an entry level person in your field should take over your position because they can pay less, right? No, I demand higher pay with my experience and expertise just as those professional caddies should. Most pro caddies were pro golfers on some level at some point, it takes years to get to the Tour…

It’s amazing how generous all of the commenters are . . . with other people’s money.

if replacement caddy agreed in advance to be paid $4k for his trip, then crying and whining about not getting 10% after the fact is his problem. From my understanding, he agreed that $4k was good enough upfront— and he KNEW that Kuchar is a good golfer upfront and KNEW ahead of time that Kuchar had a chance to win…

I’m very interested to know how many people in this comment section would have actually cut a $130,000 dollar check to the caddy in this situation;  my guess is about 5-10%.

Firstly, a temp caddy filling-in doens’t do everything that a regualr cady would do for a player, since he doens’t know his game. Regular caddy salaries and bonuses are based on being part of the regular grind of the tour, knowing his guy’s game inside-out, and to compensate for expenses as well. This local guy had no…

If he’s telling the truth, and they agreed upon a fixed fee beforehand (and he would have gotten the same pay if Kuchar finished last), I have a tough time being all that upset about this.

Ok people, calm down. The 10% commission is for those full time caddies who put in countless hours of work with their professional to learn their game and know how to approach the course for said game. This guy was just a person who carried the bag and may have given some yardage and local course insight, nothing…

Then do it, keyboard revolutionary.  

More fucking horseshit.

Phillips did not “enter the space between them” - he explicitly said on CBS News that he walked into the high school group to prevent them from harassing the poor innocent black protesters. The fact that those black protesters were using vile, homophobic, racist language is downplayed by you,…

I’ve read a lot of things about this incident these last couple of days.  I like yours the best. Thank you.