Local caddie contending overseas
Bruce Vaughan shot a 3-under-par 68 Thursday in the opening round of the Senior British Open and was tied with Eduardo Romero for the lead. The crazy round included eight birdies, eight pars, a double and triple bogey. Perhaps more noteworthy to Grand Strand golf fans is that Vaughan's caddie is Mark Schoenwald of Myrtle Beach. Schoenwald, who has been caddying on the Champions Tour for more than a decade, has been Vaughan's primary caddie since the latter part of last year.
After getting off to a slow start this year, Vaughan has recorded three consecutive top-14 finishes, including a tie for fifth, and earned about $125,000 in the past three events. Vaughan managed to get into 17 events in 2007 despite having to Monday qualify as the third-place finisher in the 2006 Champions Tour Q-School, and earned $434,934. It wasn't enough to secure a fully exempt card this year, but was enough to get him in to just about every event. Vaughan played predominantly on the Nationwide Tour in the 1990s, and spent the 1995 season on the PGA Tour.
Now you have someone to root for in the tournament. Unless you actually know Mark.
Mark knows I'm just kidding. Good luck.
Congrats to Mark and Bruce. Mark was with me for his first win as a caddy. He is a helluva caddie. Good work!
Posted by: Jimmy Powell | July 28, 2008 at 07:02 AM