First thing is to kind of make sure that it is not somebody trying to play one on you. You have to shake your head a little and run this by your own agents. Of course at 20 years of age and never really been out in the real world your lucky you have two agents that have helped you accomplish so much so quickly. Matt puts in a call to mom and dad both of whom work full time. Of course without these agents Matt knows the logistics are too much.
 

Problem one. Both Matt's agents are busy and work full time supporting Matt's golf journey. Matt is an amateur never having won a nickle. Matt doesn't even own a car unlike Tiger who has won a few. Weir gets a few free Audi's a year.
 

Mom and dad have to find some time off re-arrange work schedules. They have no office staff to help out. No booking agent. No professional caddie is around to know the course. No idea where to stay in a place called Bethesda already overbooked for the tournament and the July 4th American holiday. The cost will be born by the agents - mom and dad. It is quickly becoming apparent it is a David vs Goliath tale chasing this Tiger tail.
 

While Matt goes to work on his rusty game having taken a week off mom and dad work on the logistics. Immediately is the concern for a caddie. It seems like a make or break one for Matt's success. Surprisingly word has spread. Calls of congradulations also bring calls and emails from unknown sources including a number of supposed professional caddies with claims that seem so great yet doubt reigns that they could be hitmen just looking for money and a break. Golfers that couldn't make it on the course often turn to caddying to make some hit and keep the dream alive.
 

A decision has to be made quickly. Despite the need for a professional Matt at twenty years old, turns to a friend from school. His friend who plays on his college team is chosen. In his early twenties himself a team has been formed to take on the top golfers in the world. Now you have a college kid never having been to a professional event caddying for a kid who has never played a professional event. Two kids now chaing the Tiger tail. It doesn't seem real. It is like a couple of Junior B hockey players being called up to play against Gretzky in game seven of the Stanley Cup. How is this possible?
 

Matt goes to work on his game and mom and dad go to work on the logistics. As Friday quickly turns to Saturday arrangements are made. Flights are too expensive. The family van will be packed by mom and ready to go on Sunday morning at eight in the morning. Dad will work a twenty four hour shift at the firehall to get the next week off.  Fending off calls from those who have now found out arrangements have been made to the get the caddy to Bethesda and clothes have been ironed for the possibility of nine days in a hotel. Luckily a hotel has been found. American money exchanged. Mom's credit card melting. The old family van is riding low.
 

The journey begins two hours late. The first hit and realization arrives a half hour later at the border. Agents of a different kind and unfriendly faces are quickly in everyone's face. The United States Border Patrol are not interested in any tales. Matt has a problem. OK do we tell them we have an invitation from Tiger Wood's to play in his tournament or do we just tell this prying agent we are on a vacation. Four people one set of clubs. What tale will this unfriendly agent swallow? Matt is a student in the United States and speciall papers are required. He is required to show that everytime he crosses. Would a border agent believe this story? You are a student going to play with Tiger Woods in a professional tournament? What is your name son? Luckily Agent Mom comes to the rescue and has remembered son was too excited to think of the papers. The tale is told and luckily the chase is on again. Only another 10 hours and

five hundred miles of driving on a hot Sunday. The tale continues.
 

The tale doesn't come easy though the Washington area traffic is notorious for congestion. Arrival is delayed until ten at night. A quick sleep and an early morning call changes all plans. Monday was scheduled for a tee time in a sponsors Pro-Am event. The tournament people have called and instead of a later afternoon tee time the only amateur golfer in the tournament has been yanked to fill the open first tee time at ten. More logistical problems, finding the course fighting the congestion again.