Tiger Woods’ legendary caddy, Steve Williams won’t be in Anthony Quayle’s bag for longbut its impact was felt throughout this week Australian BMW PGA Championship.
31-year-old Quayle is a new member of the DP World Tour and will have Williams in the bag for two weeks before heading to Europe. Williams, who played for Tiger Woods in 13 of his major wins and for Adam Scott during his 2013 Masters win, had a big impact on Quayle during this week’s proceedings at Royal Queensland.
Quayle opened with a four-under 67 and backed it up with a 66. A Saturday 67 put him in a three-way tie for the 54-hole lead along with David Puig and Ricardo Gouveia.
As Quayle made his way around Royal Queensland, Williams’ experience, conviction and temperament helped steer him out of trouble and into contention. Williams’ impact was evident during the second round when he called Quayle a shot to change clubs. Quayle listened to the advice, stuffed the putt and made birdie.
“It’s unbelievable; this feature is so rare,” Quayle said of Williams’ conviction, via Golf Digest Australian Evin Priest. “I think he’s really putting his neck on the line. It’s good for a player (to see that). I felt he wouldn’t do it unless he was 100 percent committed (of course), and I felt pretty confident once he did. His language and the way he delivers the message eliminates any doubt and I felt the new plan was the only plan and then it was executed.”
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Quayle said Williams won’t be a permanent fixture in his bag, but the 62-year-old will pop up from time to time.
How often Williams caddies for Quayle, who earned his DP World Tour card via the Australian Tour Order of Merit, remains to be seen. But he will relish the opportunity to absorb knowledge from Williams whenever he gets the chance.
“He’s probably the most positive and clear-headed caddy I’ve ever worked with,” Quayle said of Williams after the first round. via news.com/au. “He probably has a reputation for being quite intense, but my experience today was nothing like that. It was just very straightforward (with) ‘this is what we have to do here, you think you can do it?’ Yeah, let’s do it then”. he was jumping on me. He was like ‘yeah, that’s good mate, everybody takes a bad swing now and then, let’s do a good one next time.’
“His professionalism and demeanor just rubs off on you if you’re around,” Quayle said of the DP World Tour after the second round. “It’s been fantastic. I’m looking forward to the next two weeks and then every time I get the chance.”
