{"id":77,"date":"2015-07-26T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/?p=77"},"modified":"2015-07-27T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T14:40:46","slug":"a-conversation-between-robert-allenby-and-his-caddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/uncategorized\/77\/a-conversation-between-robert-allenby-and-his-caddie","title":{"rendered":"Overheard: Robert Allenby and His Caddie at the Canadian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a>

Watch Your Back at Waikiki Wine Bars<\/p><\/div>\n

A heated confrontation between PGA Tour veteran Robert Allenby<\/a> and his caddie during Thursday’s first round of the Canadian Open led to a contentious midround split, with Allenby having a fan jump in to caddie for his last nine holes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Allenby\u2019s caddie Mick Middlemo was quoted on ESPN.com: “He said, ‘I can’t believe this fat [expletive deleted],’ loud enough for everyone to hear. There’s a lot as a caddie I can take but a personal attack like that. … If this was an office in any country in the world, that would be considered bullying. … I can take it if you call me the worst caddie in the world, tell me I’m horrible at picking clubs, but there’s a line you just can’t cross.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Allenby was involved in a strange off-course incident in Hawaii.<\/em> Allenby’s caddie, Michael “Mick” Middlemo, told the Golf Channel that the 43-year-old, four-time PGA Tour winner spent Friday night at a wine bar in Waikiki when he was abducted, placed in a car trunk, beaten up and driven 6\u00bd miles away.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the report, Allenby said he was robbed of all his cash, credit cards and cell phone. “You think … that happens in the movie, not real life,” Allenby told The Associated Press at the time. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“I’m just happy to be alive.” Allenby posted a photo on his Facebook account showing a facial injury that he said came from being thrown in the trunk of a car.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“I don’t know what they hit me with between the eyeballs, whether a fist or a baseball bat,” he said then. “Whatever it was, it hurts.”<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Opening round of the Canadian Open<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

First Hole<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, I got 57 back, 32 front, 46 pin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re handing me the 8 iron?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUh\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, boss\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit my 8 146?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, yeah, lately.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay. Let\u2019s go with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Second Hole<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you should hit the 4.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was some great advice on 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, well, it was a bit of a flyer lie and, uh, I thought the wind would hit it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you? Did you think<\/em> the wind would hit it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, yes, that\u2019s what I just said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you have to hit a flop from 3 inch rough to the short side?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. Obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good bogey.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fourth Hole<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay what\u2019s the line, brainiac?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got it about 8 inches with pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I said brainiac, I was being facetious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh. Okay. What\u2019s ironic about that is that I\u2019m actually smart enough to know when someone is being facetious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not irony, you idiot, that\u2019s more like a contradiction to an assertion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, maybe you\u2019re right. Let me see if I can use irony correctly, boss\u2026is it ironic to be kidnapped from a wine bar? Is that irony?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery [expletive deleted] funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Seventh Hole<\/p>\n

\u201cGive me the putter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSure, boss. I\u2019ll bet you $100 you miss this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not? Do you not have your wallet? Did all your cash get stolen in some weird kidnapping slash assault?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Expletive deleted] you.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ninth Hole<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you ever wonder would it be like to be a golf club?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you wondered what it would be like to be a golf club?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. That\u2019s a weird question.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I thought you might know what it would be like.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you\u2019ve been hit and thrown in the trunk of a car. So\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe this fat [expletive deleted].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI quit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 A heated confrontation between PGA Tour veteran Robert Allenby and his caddie during Thursday’s first round of the Canadian… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7,19164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-personalities","category-offcourse"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2015\/07\/robert-allenby.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/vanfossen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}