Stevie Only On Loan To Adam Scott; Not That This Will Stop The Reckless Speculation!
/Bob Harig quotes Tiger ten-percenter business partner Mark Steinberg as saying that Steve Williams' appearance on Adam Scott's bag at the U.S. Open is only temporary.
"He's just helping him out this week," Steinberg said. "Adam is between caddies right now."
Woods' last tournament was the Masters. He played only nine holes at The Players Championship before withdrawing due to the injuries he said would also keep him out of the U.S. Open. Woods said he hopes to return to the AT&T National, which begins on June 30.
Reached by Robert Lusetich at FoxSports.com, Stevie confirmed.
“No, no,” he told FOXSports.com, “Of course I’m still working for Tiger.”
The knee-jerk reaction would be to assume that Woods and Williams are going to go their separate ways after 12 years and 13 major championships. That would be a fascinating story, to be sure, but there is another, more troublesome, possibility. Having Williams on Scott's bag could very well mean that Woods' return to competition is going to take longer than we all thought.
Could this mean that Tiger is going to shut it down for the year to get his left leg healthy? Could it mean that Woods is going to have yet another operation on his knee, perhaps even a knee replacement? With three more majors to play this year, and with Scott rediscovering his once-promising form, it would seem odd he would sign on a caddie for just one tournament.
