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After three seasons, Bartlett went on to become the top caddy at Rochester. He explains his success by saying, "I always tried to work really hard and that's why I did so well." Bartlett is currently semiretired but says, "I still come out for the big events...
...biggest events of recent years was the U.S. Women's Open held at Rochester in 1973. Bartlett teamed up with LPGA pro Cathy Hite and quickly became her number-one fan and confidant...
...Bartlett supplies a stirring commentary on his 72-hole stint with Hite in the pro tour limelight. "The first day she started great guns. I remember she eagled the ninth for a 36. On the tenth she just crushed her drive." Hite hove her second shot on the par five dogleg out of bounds and ballooned to a 45 on the back nine. "She finished 25th or 30th," Bartlett adds by way of a post mortem...
...surprised how many people come out of the woodwork," says Bartlett to explain the superabundance of caddies who show up for tournaments. After a tournament is over, Bartlett says, the caddy yard slips back into its characteristic languor, broken only by occasional run-ins between rambunctious, latter-day Hagens and the caddie master, synonymous with the long...
...Bartlett's pungent assessment of his caddiemaster is "this guy was like your hard-ass Marine sergeant. He used to waste guys in the caddy yard. There were some caddies who just had no scruples. They used to do all kinds of disgusting things on the course. But they didn't stay around long; the caddiemaster took care of them." His voice trailed...