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The caddie asked for 50 grand which is less than 5% of the Kuch's winnings.
A very respectable request.
What makes this look so bad is Kuchar could've paid him $50k easily and still saved $50k+ over what a regular caddy would typically get for a win.
I think the caddie was foolish for not accepting the additional money offered, but it's pretty clear that Kuchar felt like he was going by their agreement with the initial $5k, but "unspecified % of winnings" was only $2k more ?
C'mon Kuchar!!! Pretty piss poor for a guy that's probably makes $50k a week from Sketchers alone!
I don’t like to stereotype but most of the Mexicans I know are very proud people.
This decision by the caddie does not surprise me at all.
I work with a Mexican and I can relate to that, but in this case with an agreement in place and getting another $15k offered was not a gesture worthy of snubbing your nose at...$20k for a week! that's a healthy % of what he will earn for the yr...I'll bet his wife was pissed!
"Kuchar said he told Ortiz he would pay him $1,000 if he missed the cut, $2,000 if he made the cut, $3,000 if he had a top-20 and $4,000 if he had a top-10. “The extra $1,000 was, ‘Thank you — it was a great week.’ Those were the terms. He was in agreement with those terms. That’s where I struggle. I don’t know what happened. Someone must have said, `You need much more.’”
It really looks bad and yet Kuchar paid they guy 20% over the agreed amount.
He would have gotten a hell alot more from me. But yet, ...that was the agreement.
2 guys had an agreement, Kuchar went beyond the agreement but he will get roasted here
because this will be taken over by the social justice world.
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Matt Kuchar somehow defended his embarrassingly low payment to caddie after $1.2M win
Well - you would think that after this came out that Kuchar would fix this if for no other reason than to repair his reputation. Apparently not - he is doubling down on this shit & it really makes him look bad.
Good Lord - man up - toss the guy $50K or so & just say that you screwed up. Pretty sure that the PR hit is going to cost him more than that. Like it mentioned in the article - I guess that some rich folks just think that they can act like this & basically never feel bad about it.
Matt Kuchar somehow defended his embarrassingly low payment to caddie after $1.2M win
Well - you would think that after this came out that Kuchar would fix this if for no other reason than to repair his reputation. Apparently not - he is doubling down on this shit & it really makes him look bad.
Good Lord - man up - toss the guy $50K or so & just say that you screwed up. Pretty sure that the PR hit is going to cost him more than that. Like it mentioned in the article - I guess that some rich folks just think that they can act like this & basically never feel bad about it.
This is Mexico.
What is the normal rate for a temp caddie in a tournament like this?
What have the other Pro's been paying?
We need to see some context.