Hoch's caddie battling cancer
Posted: Wednesday February 13, 2008 06:55AM ET
Scott Hoch has braced himself for a few more job feelers this week. It's the nature of tour life whenever someone who is playing well has a caddie opening. Like any job, the chance at a nice paycheck is worth exploring. ''Believe me, if they didn't think I could still play, I wouldn't get them,'' Hoch said after winning Sunday's Allianz Championship. What Hoch really wants, though, is to hear Greg Rita's voice at the other end of the line with a solicitation perhaps no more complicated than two words: ``I'm ready.'' Rita worked Hoch's bag until last September, when he suddenly slumped over minutes before their pro-am tee time at the Champions Tour stop near Raleigh, N.C. Tests revealed a malignant brain tumor, putting Rita on that dreaded course of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. ''He's fighting it, fighting it hard,'' said Hoch, who got a little teary-eyed as he dedicated Sunday's victory to Rita, who is still recovering at his Jacksonville home.
Scott Hoch , John Sommers II/Getty Images
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The Caddies are the real warriors on the PGA tour.
AugustaGolfer32 | 02/13/08, 07:00 AM
Report Offensive CommentTotally agree AugustaGolfer32.
BEAST! | 02/13/08, 11:45 AM
Report Offensive CommentPlus, you have to like Hoch. I don't care who you are. He is one of the VERY few tour players who has ball of his own. Most of them are candy ****. Not him, He isn't afraid of anyone.
Jonisagolffan | 02/14/08, 08:06 PM
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