Cary Cozby’s phone hasn’t stopped blowing up.
That’s no surprise after the director of golf at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, spent Thursday caddying for Tiger Woods during his practice round for the PGA Championship.
Cozby noted he dropped a towel on the first hole and forgot to rake a bunker at the third while talking to Tiger’s right-hand man, Rob McNamara, who joined Tiger for the round and had Cozby’s 13-year-old son Banks on his bag.
“I thought I was going to get fired on four tee,” he said.
Speaking on “A New Breed of Golf” with Michael Breed on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, Cozby recounted receiving a call from the PGA of America informing him of Tiger’s impending visit and being told “you can’t tell anybody.” He described Tiger’s visit as akin to the Beatles showing up at his club.
“It’s amazing what he has to deal with on a daily basis,” Cozby said. “He came through the gate. He didn’t even come to the clubhouse because he knew what he’d have to deal with and went straight to the range. They sent a text said, ‘Hey, we’re on the practice tee. I’ll meet you on the first tee.’ And of course our clubhouse is open so we probably had 20 people, the patio, the golf shop’s right off the first tee. So there were probably 20 members that slipped out there to watch him. He didn’t look up, hit his shot. Second hole, there’s a helicopter. Fourth hole, there’s 50 to 70 people up on the hill overlooking that hole. And by the time we get to six there’s 30 to 40 people in the trees across the street with television cameras and phones and pictures, and [saying] ‘We love you, Tiger. Go get ’em, Tiger. Great shot, Tiger.’ Just amazing.”
Cozby, the 2016 PGA Professional of the Year and son of Jerry, a club pro in his own right and former Golfweek Father of the Year, has been the director of golf at Southern Hills since 2015. He competed in the 2021 Senior PGA Championship and knows a thing or two about…
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