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Michael Greller was an elementary school teacher. And he decided to take up caddying. He took the leap and found a player early on with Jordan Speith. Together, they have created a hall of fame career. He is a really good bloke.

However, when we were talking on the phone one day about my book PUKE & RALLY, it got heated. It was awkward. I wrote in the book, at length, about Jordan Speith and his SETBACK at The Masters in 2016.

Jordan Speith even commented that The Masters was actually a set-up to his amazing COMEBACK at The Open Championship the next season at Royal Birkdale.

I had an advanced copy of PUKE & RALLY sent to Michael Greller to review and frankly, hopefully, receive his blessing for such an artistry of words and pulitzer worthy book.

However, when we spoke it didn’t go well and I could tell he was put off. The book PUKE & RALLY (as you know) is that we all have puked, messed up, choked even, and that it’s not about the SETBACK, it’s about the COMEBACK!

I don’t haphazardly throw around the word “choke” either and didn’t even use that vernacular in the book. But it’s exactly what happened at The Masters in 2016 with a five shot lead on the back-nine on sunday.

Jordan Speith took a quadruple bogey on hole 12 and when speaking with Michael Greller, this is where it got “awkward.”

Here’s how it went down, Speith hit his first ball into Rae’s Creek on 12 and instead of re-teeing which most players do at this difficult hole, he took a different approach.

I wrote that he chose an “awkward yardage” to drop and Speith proceeded to hit another ball into the creek. He took an 8 on the hole and lost The Masters by 3 shots to Danny Willet.

Michael took serious issue umbrage with my use of the word awkward to describe the drop yardage. He asked where I had gotten that idea and if I picked it up from a reporter. He adamantly told me how they had prepped that week for the exact situation. Frankly, I appreciated his candor and commented it was why I wanted the conversation with him to make sure every detail was accurate.

I told him I’d change the wording, no problem... But, apparently, the damage had been done. I asked for his feedback and his thoughts on The COMEBACK part of the book, Speith winning The Open Championship.

He said “I didn’t read past that ‘awkward’ part.”

I’d say still to this day that it was an awkward yardage and golf shot under the circumstances. That’s why you don’t see golfers take that route on hole 12. Nonetheless, PUKE & RALLY: It’s not about the Setback, It’s about the comeback became a great read!

I didn’t mean to step on his toes, but still figured the future hall of fame caddy was cool with the change in the book and purpose of THE COMEBACK.

Oh well…