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Originally Posted by revots33
Standard caddy payment from what I've read is $1-2k per week salary towards travel expenses, plus a sliding scale payment based on finish (10% if they win, 7% in Top 10, 5% outside top 10, etc).
Kuchar gave his caddy a 0.39% tip for a win. I am not sure how you can justify that by talking about the guy not having travel expenses. Come on.
Obviously the caddy must have done a pretty good job, since Kuchar won. If he did a crap job and Kuchar still won, then that pretty much discounts your argument about how important the caddies supposedly are to the players' success.
Bottom line - he tipped the guy on his bag for 4 days .39% - on a WIN. That is cheap. There is no other word for it. Sorry. Maybe he's a great guy in all other respects. I don't know him so I can't say. But I know cheap when I see it.
You have no clue what you are talking about. Yes, there is a sliding scale payment used for regular tour caddies. They do a crap ton for the players both before and during the tournament.
This guy did none of that, and did not have an agreement for a sliding scale (in fact, if given the option, I bet he would have declined the sliding scale because he wanted a guaranteed pay day). Kuchar and the caddie don't even speak the same language. So why exactly does he deserve to get paid anywhere close to what Kuchar's normal caddie would have gotten paid. he literally was just like a human golf cart. he carried the bag and handed Kuchar certain clubs. For that easy job, they agreed on a flat fee of $3k or $4k, and Kuchar then just paid him $5k total.
He got exactly what he agreed to up front. He would have gotten this amount if Kuchar missed the cut or if Kuchar won. For him to act entitled to more is ludicrous. I'm sure the guys at Bandon Dunes or Pebble Beach would take $5k for carrying a pro's bag for a week. And they probably do much more at Bandon Dunes or Pebble Beach than this guy did for Kuchar.
And not taking the extra $15k Kuchar offered him is very dumb.
Sure, I get that it looks cheap on Kuchar's part, and I agree he could have paid him $10k or $15k right after the tournament. But the caddie has no right to act like he is entitled to more than he got. This should be a non-story.