Under the Strap

This week's episode of 'Under the Strap' was an absolute treat, as host T.J. Auclair welcomed actor Michael O'Keefe -- a man most well-known to golf fans as Danny Noonan from the hit comedy Caddyshack -- and PGA Tour caddie Kip Henley. O'Keefe recently caddied a couple of practice rounds at the U.S. Open and explained to TCN that he's hoping to land a bag at the upcoming Masters. He also provided some outstanding behind-the-scenes stories about the making of Caddyshack, explained why he didn't embrace being "Noonan" until 2007, talked about the respect he has for caddies and a whole lot more, including a fun exchange with Henley over a couple of Noonan-related tweets Henley sent out during the U.S. Open. 

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In the latest episode of 'Under the Strap,' host T.J. Auclair welcomes Austin Gaugert. Gaugert is one of the more interesting people in golf. He played college golf at Valparaiso, is currently a PGA Professional in Wisconsin and also spends time caddying on the Symetra Tour for Casey Danielson and on the PGA Tour for Sweden's Alex Noren.  Oh... and he's also competed in a few triathlons. 

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A few months back, caddie Todd Montoya (Brian Stuard) entered a raffle for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Naturally, Montoya forgot he entered that raffle. He was reminded in a big way two weeks ago while in Napa, California for the Safeway Open when he received a call notifying him that he won two of the raffle items: 1. a pre-paid credit card for $1,000; 2. The grand prize -- a $505,000 dream home. What?! In this episode of 'Under the Strap,' Montoya tells host T.J. Auclair about all the emotions that went through his head when he learned of his good fortune, talks to us about his career as a caddie dating back to 2001, his great nicknames and some hilarious on-course stories like the player who once yelled at his caddie for... sweating.

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It's no secret: U.S. Open week is brutal. It is the ultimate test in golf and based on the early musings coming out of Winged Foot -- insanely thick rough, tight fairways, super-fast greens -- this week will be no different. Chris P Jones, caddie for 2016 PGA Champion Jimmy Walker, jumped on the 'Under the Strap' podcast to talk about Winged Foot, the difficulty of the U.S. Open, Danny Noonan, Grateful Dead and a whole lot more.

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In June 2019, Brennan Little was on the bag for Gary Woodland for an outstanding U.S. Open victory at Pebble Beach. As they get set to defend this week at Winged Foot in New York, we sat down for a chat with Little -- now a two-time major winning caddie. Little also spent years caddying for Canada's Mike Weir -- a childhood friend -- and was alongside him for a victory in the 2003 Masters. We talked to Little about his 2+ decades as a caddie, his own professional career, staying at the home of childhood hero Wayne Gretzky and a whole lot more.

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When it comes to fashion icons in the game of golf, they don't get much bigger than John Ashworth, who put golf lifestyle clothing on the map with Ashworth Golf and continues to do so today with Linksoul. Believe it or not, Ashworth's career in fashion started after spending a season as a caddie on the PGA Tour. In this episode, Ashworth tells us all about his journey, taking a bag from his older brother at the 1986 Masters, his passion project at Goat Hill Park in Oceanside, California, and a whole lot more. 

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In this week's episode of 'Under the Strap,' host T.J. Auclair welcomes Basile Dalberto, caddie for France's Matthieu Pavon on the European Tour. Dalberto shares loads of great stories about his travels through the years, including an absolute gem involving a European Tour caddie celebrating with a player and other caddies after a victory, before waking up on a fishing boat the following day in the middle of the ocean. Dalberto also discusses his favorite destinations in the world, playing college golf and how he never actually wanted to be a professional caddie... but sure is glad that's how things turned out.

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In this week's episode of 'Under the Strap,' host T.J. Auclair welcomes caddies Scott Sajtinac and Damian Lopez. They talk about the 2019-20 PGA Tour season winding down, the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup, crazy low scores at the Northern Trust, majors around the corner, best caddie pranksters on Tour and a whole lot more.

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In this episode of “Under the Strap,” host T.J. Auclair welcomes Steve Hulka. Hulka recently retired as a PGA Tour caddie after a career that incredibly spanned most of the last nearly 45 years. Hulka looks back at some of his fondest memories – including a good chunk of time with World Golf Hall of Famer David Graham – talks about having caddied for both Arnold Palmer and his grandson Sam Saunders (how many caddies can say that?), a successful business he started to help PGA Tour players and their families and a whole lot more.

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On this episode of "Under the Strap," host T.J. Auclair welcomes caddies Damian Lopez (Michael Thompson) and Geno Bonnalie (Joel Dahmen) to talk about the week that was at TPC Harding Park in the season's first major -- the PGA Championship. Lopez, unfortunately, wasn't around for the weekend, but Bonnalie helped guide Dahmen to a 3-under 67 on Sunday and his first top 10 in a major (T10). 

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