Ian Poulter’s former caddie Terry Mundy has revealed what it is actually like to work on the bag for a LIV Golf star as he outlined some of the big differences with working on the PGA Tour.
Much has been said about the players who have decided to make the move to LIV Golf over the last three years. Some have been very honest and admitted that the money drove their decision to go, while others have argued that it is a fantastic opportunity.
Whatever you think of LIV, there is no question that they offer a very different product to the PGA Tour or the DP World Tour. And it seems that many of their players are very happy with their decisions. Richard Bland previously spoke about how LIV always welcome feedback from the players.
But what is often overlooked is what the caddies make of the tour. Certainly, caddies are often the forgotten figures in the game considering how important they are.
Ian Poulter’s former caddie reveals what it’s like to work on LIV Golf
And it seems that those on the bag are very happy with life on LIV, with Ian Poulter‘s long-time caddie Terry Mundy telling The 19th Uncut podcast that he has thoroughly enjoyed working on the breakaway tour whenever he has got the chance.
“Personally, I love it. Right from the start, those guys at LIV got it and what they wanted and how they wanted to make it work. From the caddie side of it, they’ve just properly looked after you, not all about financially, about how you’re treated,” he said.
“Right from the start, there’s a money clip, all access, lounge, you eat with the players in the same place. And I understand there’s less of a field so perhaps it’s easier to do. PGA Tour events, 156 in the field, they’d just have a players’ lounge and a caddies’ lounge and they kept it all separate and you couldn’t get in the clubhouses and you weren’t allowed in locker rooms. But right from the start on LIV, it was no, no, no, we’re treated exactly the same.”
Breakaway tour will force some important changes to the game in the years to come
LIV is likely to remain polarising for as long as it is around. Some have very understandable reasons for being against it, and discussions over sportswashing are not going anywhere anytime soon it seems.
But there are definitely lessons the established tours can take from LIV, even with things as small as allowing shorts to be worn during tournaments. It also feels as if the PGA Tour has worked in the last few years to make a bigger deal about some of their signature events to ensure that their biggest names are involved.
Obviously golf fans suffer when they are unable to see Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm face off against Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler more than a handful of times a year. But the competition is also likely to lead to some positive changes inside and outside the ropes.
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