"It was like I was his slave" - Tiger Woods' former caddie opens up on temper and affairs

Poor Tiger Woods (said no-one ever).

Just when the golfing legend thought he was through a stormy period, just when he was plotting a comeback and daring to return to form, he's not only laid up with injury, but he has to deal with a ticked off ex caddie.

Steve Williams, who caddied for the 14-time major winner for 13 years, is releasing an autobiography on Monday called Out of the Rough and it seems that he isn't letting the only man responsible for him being able to release a book off lightly.

Williams was sacked by Woods after the infamous sex scandal surrounding the golfer and he won't let bygones be bygones if extracts from his autobiography are anything to go by.

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“One thing that really pissed me off was how he would flippantly toss a club in the general direction of the bag, expecting me to go over and pick it up," Williams writes. "I felt uneasy about bending down to pick up his discarded club – it was like I was his slave. The other thing that disgusted me was his habit of spitting at the hole if he missed a putt.

“He was well known for his bad temper and, while that wasn't pleasant to witness, he had other bad habits that upset me. I wanted him to prove to me he could change his behaviour and show me – and the game of golf – more respect." Other bad habits like infidelity? The caddie recounts the events before Woods' sex scandal went public. Straight after an Australian Masters victory. “The joy of winning dissipated in the strangest fashion. No sooner had Tiger fulfilled his media obligations than he fled to the airport in a chopper, leaving me to head back to the hotel on my own. As I was driving, I got a text from Mark Steinberg which read, 'There is a story coming out tomorrow. Absolutely no truth to it. Don't speak to anybody'." This should be an interesting read.

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