The caddies’ revolving door, McIlroy’s ‘unforced errors,’ and Steph Curry tests his game against professionals

The news that Rory McIlroy has parted ways with longtime caddie J.P. Fitzgerald might have come as a surprise to many, but some close observers could see it coming. By Sunday morning of the final round of the British Open the rumor mill was rampant among caddies that Fitzgerald was on his way out. A week later it became official.
Those who knew a change was in the works likely included Fitzgerald himself, despite his having helped snap the 28-year-old Northern Irishman out of an opening-round funk at Royal Birkdale.
That's the way it works in the business.
“I had a sense it was coming,” said one caddie of his own demise earlier this year, despite having had tremendous success with his employer the previous handful of years. “I told my wife Wednesday or Thursday of that week I think I’m getting fired. She asked why I thought that and I said it was just the way he had been acting.
“I talked to another caddie who had recently split after four years and some success with his player an..

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