Erik van Rooyen’s caddy has efficiently certified for the 3M Open – and they’ll play collectively on Thursday.
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Erik van Rooyen and Alex Gaugert spend most weeks strolling the PGA Tour fairways collectively. As a player-caddie duo, they’re most frequently caught subsequent to one another.
On the 3M Open, they will stroll the fairways collectively once more, however this week there is a twist. As an alternative of Gaugert schlepping van Rooyen’s golf equipment round TPC Twin Cities, he’ll play alongside his boss.
Whereas Gaugert’s day job is caddying, he is fairly a shrewd participant himself, and on this week’s 3M Open Monday qualifier he earned a spot within the occasion by way of a playoff after posting a six below 65. Meaning Gaugert will make his first Tour begin on Thursday – and leaves van Rooyen in quest of a alternative looper for the week.
Van Rooyen wasted no time taking to social media to assist discover a alternative bagman for the week.
“So my caddie (Alex Gaugert) simply certified for the 3M Open!” he tweeted. “What a STUD!!! Soooooo anybody wish to do a loop this week? »
Competing in a Tour occasion for the primary time will definitely be a pleasure for Gaugert, however this story remains to be getting higher. As a bonus, Gaugert might be grouped along with his boss within the first two rounds. Leaving at 2 p.m. Thursday, the caddy and his boss will face off.
“The reward that retains on giving,” van Rooyen tweeted.
It might appear unlikely that the looper can beat his participant on the course, however Gaugert isn’t any slouch. He performed 4 years on the College of Minnesota (alongside van Rooyen) and averaged 73.97 in his senior season. Along with dressing for the Gophers, Gaugert gained the 2014 Wisconsin State Beginner.
It isn’t typically we see a caddy compete with their boss, however this week we’ll have simply that.
