We have the PuttZones PGA Championship data…. And we amused ourself to benchmark the best Tour pro with the best Club Pro… and guess what?

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Looks like  the star of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill was not Rory receiving Whatsapp Swing advice from Tiger Woods. Instead the Charismatic Club Pro's at Golf club Arroyo Trabuco's Michael Block got all the attentions.

GolfDigest did not miss the opportunity to compare Michael's PGA Championship performances against the best Tour players in the field, they also quote : "We are now a Michael Block fan account!"  

We at CaddiePlayer became fan too, we also benchmark Block's #PuttZones putting performance… against the winner Brooks Koepka! and guess what? .... Block's not only beat Koepka yet 69 more players!  

PGA 2023 Benchmark     

Brooks Koepka Tour Pro PuttZones data (Left) versus Michael Block Club Pro PuttZones data (Right)


Since the beginning of our data scientifical story 10 years ago, we have always believed that eyes should come first and machine second. In today’s world it’s almost like it has become the other way around. The reasons: saving time and energy, being faster and “better” this is where we are going to. Instant this, Instant that…

To a certain extend we at CaddiePlayer agree, but then there is a limit that we at CaddiePlayer still refuse to go to > Full automatization! and this year PGA Championship at Oak Hill is the perfect example where you can ask yourself how much you can relay on automotive data capture by a Laser rather than a Human?

At CaddiePlayer we still function the “Old Fashion Way” “Family Office Style” where our eyes, knowledge, experiences as Caddies and Players are fully activate double checking all rounds we received.

Thanks to our insider and with the help of automatization laser costing millions of USD we can more or less get all the data we want/need to benchmark all the Players we want/need shall they compete on the PGA (Shot Link) or European Tour (IMG Arena). 

Quote from our Insider eyes Matt to our Founder Stephane: “Not sure what to make of the 100% (0-2ft) range other than I did notice some discrepancies when watching the tournament coverage and some of the putt distances picked up by Shot link cameras.”

#WeAreCaddiePlayer #WeAreFamilyOffice #WeTrustOurEyes and we congratulate Michael Block for his outstanding putting performance.


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4 putts to win the Masters... Now try for yourself, we have Jon Rahm's putting data. Before watch the presentation ceremony with a special tribute to Jon's Caddie Adam.

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The Masters 2023 from CaddiePlayer insider.

You have been watching, you have been reading, you have been talking now its time to putt.

Thanks to CaddiePlayer's insider Matt, we have been able to create the putting scheme of Jon Rahm his 4th round 307 feet of putts to win the 2023 Masters by one shot. 

To see hole by hole, LogIn into your CaddiePlayer account, then go: Start a new CaddiePlayer round and preselect course "PuttZonesRound4TheMasters2023JonRahm" and good luck! 29 putts he did! What about you? 

FYI: As with Jon Rahm, Caddies can play a big part of your putting performance. Here below you can read and learn more about Jon Rahm's Caddie. 


Jon Rahm's Masters ceremony speach about his Caddie Adam Hayes

“I want to start with the man who spends more time with me than my own wife and kids: my caddie, Adam Hayes, you’ve been a role model to me, and you keep being a role model with your professionalism, your positive attitude and your work ethic. It’s pretty incredible the stuff he does out there. This event, and some of the things we’ve accomplished together definitely wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t have him on the bag, so Adam, thank you.”

*Hayes and Rahm started working together in 2016, and Hayes has been on the bag for all of Rahm’s biggest on-course moments. Rahm’s win at Augusta on Sunday was his second career major championship, his fourth victory in 2023 and the 11th win of his PGA Tour career. > https://golf.com/news/jon-rahm-touching-message-caddie-masters/?amp=1

4PuttsAtTheMasters

More putting stories > https://www.golfdigest.com/story/masters2023-scottie-scheffler-4-putt-second-round

Rolex Series debute in AbuDhabi with 128 Caddies. From JackWhite to James Erkenbeck...

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AbuDhabi - UAE

2023 will mark 150th birth anniversary of probably the first ever professional Caddie*. To celebrate 150 years of professional Caddying we thought we will start our 2023 blog/news with a Caddie story and here it happen to be about Caddie James Erkenbeck who happen to be the Caddie of Victor Perez who thanks to a miracle bunker shot "In" on 17th wins the $ 1,53 million check (10% to James) HSBC Championship at Yas Links - Abu Dhabi. 

Perez's victory was the third of his career on the DP World Tour and the most lucrative. 

“It was probably the greatest shot I’ve ever hit,”  Victor Perez celebrates with his caddie James Erkenbeck after he had holed his second shot from the green-side bunker for a birdie en route to victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

As we never heard of James Erkenbeck before Abu Dhabi we google his name and here is what we found:

A San Diego native, James Erkenbeck graduated from the University of New Mexico, where he won two tournaments during his senior season, including the NCAA Columbus Regional. He was the Mountain West Player of the Year and an All-MWC selection. Erkenbeck, who finished with the second-lowest career strokes-per-round average in UNM history, also earned a spot on the U.S. Palmer Cup team, which won win big in Wilmington, DE.  

Victor and James met at the university of New Mexico  > https://golobos.com/news/2017/10/28/mens-golf-two-former-lobos-advance-is-q-schools/ and together earned their respectively biggest career check! Congratulations James (Caddie) & Victor (Player) 


Caddies name list at the 2023 HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship. (HighLights the Caddies we know personaly) 

Neil Crate, Damian Moore, Xabi Gorospe, Markus Croeser, Martijn van Oosterhout, Erik Frost, Chris Lloyd, Guy Tilston, Paul Drummond, Basile Dalberto, John Moulrooney, Jesus Legarrea, Owen Craig, David Corrigan, Brendan McCartain, Steve Petite, Barry Cornwall, Jady de Beer, John McLaren, Mark Sherwood, Zack Rasego, Abednigo Vee Rabasotho, Diego Suazo, Theo Rouhaud, Stevie Neilsen, Dave McNealy, Ian Finnis, David Kenny, David Kenny, Dean Smith, Dan Clarke, Craig Farrelly, Luke Swemmer, Chris Liley, Dan Urban, Alan Burns, Ronan Flood, Michael Donaghy, Jacob Szöts, Kisko Perez, James Baker, Henry Tomlinson, Christian Christensen, Terry Mundy, Rasmus Bofill, Ritchie Blair, Hari Pachu, Chris Simmons, Meg Sakai, Takashi Ohagen, Alan Tulleth, Laurie Potter, Martin Seddon, Robbie Chisnall, Adrian Verroca, Nick Mumford, Andreas Haindl, Peter Olsson, Raul Quiros, Max Bill, Theunis Bezuidenhout, Stuart Davidson, Darren Reynolds, John Dempster, Callum Matheson, Martyn Roberts, Steven Alan Tooby, Richard Logue, Brian Martin, Martin Gray, Michael Thomson, Connor Winstanley, Chris Selfridge, Stuart Beck, Alberto Calvo, Pello Iguaran, Andrew Forsyth, Jan Squire, Solomon Soli, Mark Crane, Kasper Estrup, Dominic Bott, Ian More, Oliver Briggs, Sebastien Clément, Jamie Herbert, James Erkenbeck, Adam Marrow, James Walton, Simon Keelan, Riku Mattila, Jason Palmer, Kessler Karain, Stanley May, Patxi Londaitz, Niclas Hellberg, Pascal Schneider, Collin Sikobi, Josh Read, Lyle Phillips, Andrew Sutton, Sam Matton, Jesper Söderberg, Jonathan Bell, Gareth Lord, Sam Straka, Jaris Kruger, Tom Ridley, Ryan McGuigan, Väinö Viitaharju, Graeme Rowan, Charlie George, Wian Faber, Sam Bernard, Angus Hay, Alex Evans, Harry Bird, Mick Doran, Gordon Faulkner, Josh McColl, Pete Blyfield, Oliver Suhr, James Nelson, Francisco Mateo.


 JackWhite

*JackWhite was probably the first professional Caddie born 15th August 1873 

Jackwhite biorgraphie

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Baig, Rose and More going backward 2022...

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From Abu Dhabi, 

December is a special months for many reasons we reflect, celebrate and hope. For me its december 13th my birthday that count the most because its a challenge where I am and with who I shall be and what I shall do and this year was no exceptions. A special thanks to MyGolfDubai I could welcome UAE friends.

"Times goes or fly I should say and every year I wonder what the next will bring."

This december 2022 was all about "Football in Qatar" and I was privileged to watch the final at my AbuDhabi "CaddiePlayerFamily" beautiful football Majlis. I was cheering for France...  then CaddiePlayer Amhed Baig wins the Pakistan Open so 2022 ends with a positive CaddiePlayer result. 

I never thought 2022 would be so full of CaddiePlayer stories ... could not start worst as I caught Covid on January first then it all went positive after.

Touring the Alps countries on behalf of the Swiss Green Alps Foundation, touring Europe with the LegendsTour and sharing privileged moments with its players and destinations.

Harvest in Burgundy and consult in Tuscany. Being in Scotland for 3 Opens (Mens: writing for Hello Birdies, Seniors: Caddying for Andre Bossert, Ladies: knowing Rose Zhang World n.1 )... and MOREManagement Golf welcoming his first client > Daniel Gurtner here we come.

Wish all CaddiePlayers register happy festive and many birdies. Stéphane Barras #KeepGoing  

MyBirthday

 Celebrating my Birthday december 13th at MyGolfDubai

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