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Fans step in to caddie for C.T. Pan after Fluff' Cowan injured in fall
Also, this Fluff fella has a historic mustache.
posted by NoMich at 11:13 PM on June 02, 2024
Fluff Cowan got hurt caddying at the Canadian Open. He slipped and fell so it may be a knee or leg issue.
But that's not the storyline. It's that Fluff is 76 and has been caddying for 40 years.
For a number of pros including Eldrick himself.
Cowan has been carrying 50 plus pounds on tour several hours a day, five or six days a week almost year round. In all types of weather.
And the golf bags were a lot heavier when he started out, so he has racked up some serious mileage on the body odometer over his career.
I'm not as old as Fluff and it's all I can do to wrangle a few bags of rock salt or Sakrete every now and then.
posted by beaverboard at 10:22 PM on June 02, 2024