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What might a 22-year-old with $22 million won in the past season do with his new found earnings? Just like on the golf course, nothing is typical about the newly minted FedEx Cup champion.
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Jordan Spieth capped off a dream season when he closed with a 1-under 69 for a 4-shot victory in the Tour Championship, becoming the youngest player to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10M bonus.
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Collins: What's this year been like for you?
Caddie: [He laughed]
Collins: People talk about a dream year. What's a dream year for a caddie like?
Caddie: Uhhhh, it's just that, the most fun part for me is just, getting those, just kinda that rush when you're in the mix on the weekend, especially in the majors. And certainly this week, and just seeing how you react on the biggest stage.
It's just an adrenalin rush. You know to see Jordan and how he competes and grinds and to hear ... like he said, it's PG what he says on the cameras and I get to hear everything! And I just love being that person that he just bounces things off of during the actual round.
Feeling like I can make a small difference in the things I say and don't say to him. I don't have a golf background of say a Damon Green or ya know I'm probably a 5-handicap, but I know Jordan really well. I think I know Jordan as well as anybody and I think that's really important.
I mean you know that ... But those feelings, on the weekends ... the two I'm always gonna remember are Augusta and Chamber's [U.S. Open]. Bones [Mickelson's caddie] told me after Chamber's, he said, "Michael, it'll never get better for you than this moment as a caddie. You just won the U.S. Open in your hometown at the place you got married and where you got into caddying.[/img]
Collins: What's it mean to you when you hear Jordan talk about you in press conferences and to the media?
Caddie: That's just crazy cause he gives me far more credit than I deserve. Bottom line is, he's the one hitting the shots, he's the one that made all the putts today, ya know? He's the one that got his head in the right place.
I told him all week, I said, "Each day you won with your head.[/img]http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/13744219/caddie-confidential-not-anonymous-discussion-jordan-spieth-season
