Legendary golf caddie mocks LIV Golf stars missing Masters cut: 'No music cheering them on...'
Golf caddie Billy Foster hits out at LIV Golf stars Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson for missing the cut at The Masters, claiming "no music cheering them on" was to blame for their exits at Augusta National.
Legendary golf caddie Billy Foster has mocked a number of LIV Golf superstars such as Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia for missing the cut at The Masters.
Foster, who departed the bag of former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick last month, made his feelings be known about a handful of shock LIV Golf absentees for the weekend at Augusta while appearing on Sky Sports Golf on Saturday.
Five-time major champion Koepka was arguably the biggest name in the field to miss the cut at The Masters, and he was followed to the exit door by former Masters champions Johnson and Garcia, the latter whom was strongly criticised for his first-round outfit by golf legend Sir Nick Faldo.
Koepka inexplicably made a quadruple-bogey eight down the par-4 18th on Friday to miss the cut by a shot.
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Former Open champion Cameron Smith also missed the cut, although that wasn't much of a surprise to many given the LIV Golf star bizarrely rocked up to Augusta playing in a suit during his Wednesday practice round.
Even LIV Golf's biggest money signing and 2023 Masters champion Jon Rahm is having a week to forget so far at The Masters, albeit the former World No.1 made the cut on the number at 2-over par.
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Foster, who has caddied for some 32 years at The Masters during his legendary looper career, could not help himself when he was pressed for comment by Sky Sports Golf's Sarah Stirk as to why so many big LIV Golf names had missed the cut at Augusta this week.
"You'd have to argue that some of these LIV guys are not quite firing on all cylinders," replied Foster.
"Whether that's because they're not playing as much or whether it's three rounds instead of four, or the music is not there cheering them on, I don't know.
"Some of them don't seem to be performing as well such as Jon Rahm."
Foster has caddied for a number of the game's greats down the years, none bigger than Seve Ballesteros.
He also enjoyed successful partnerships with Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke and Thomas Bjorn on the European Tour.
But his only major win came alongside Fiztpatrick at the 2022 U.S. Open.
Fitzpatrick decided to part ways with Foster after missing the cut at The Players Championship last month.
They had been together since 2018 when Foster left the bag of Westwood.
"It was a bit disappointing but he's been playing poorly," Foster said recently of his split with Fitzpatrick.
"You know when things aren't going well and you're not enjoying it out there sometimes it's just nice to have a break and just get a bit of freshness and have a different eye on the ball.
"That's the caddying game. It's always been the same. It'll never be any different."
Foster was also asked during the third round Masters build-up programme on Sky Sports as to who he thought would go on to win The Masters on Sunday.
"I think the scar tissue of losing the U.S. Open last year will spur Rory [McIlroy] on this week, I think he's the man to beat this weekend."
McIlroy trails his European Ryder Cup teammate Justin Rose by two shots heading into the third round at The Masters.
One LIV Golf star who is performing well, once again in the majors, is Bryson DeChambeau.
The two-time U.S. Open champion is just one shot behind Rose thru 36 holes.
Scottie Scheffler, the reigning champion, battled his way to an entertaining 71 on Friday but he's still right in the mix at 5-under par starting the third round.
He will be out in the third round alongside LIV Golf star Tyrrell Hatton, who is also on 5-under par.
Scheffler is attempting to become the first player since a certain Tiger Woods in 2002 to successfully defend The Masters.
Only three players - Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Sir Nick Faldo have ever gone back-to-back at Augusta National.
The runaway World No.1 is also attempting to become the first player since Nicklaus in 1962 to win three Green Jackets in four years.
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