Austin Kaiser has been carrying Xander Schauffele’s bag for a number of years now. The duo has a relationship stretching again greater than a decade, beginning off from their faculty golf workforce at San Diego State. Owing to their wholesome relationship, Schauffele’s dependable looper additionally has some enjoyable tales collectively.
Kaiser appeared as a visitor within the current episode of GOLF’s Subpar Podcast, the place he revealed a drunk story from Schauffele’s rookie yr. The caddie, seated alongside US Open winner Wyndham Clark’s caddie John Ellis, mentioned that he acquired drunk simply hours earlier than the PGA Tour star golfer’s tee off on the 2016 AT&T Byron Nelson. The caddie revealed that he thought he “was going to get fired” for it. He joked it was “the bottom level of my life, at that second proper there.”
Talking on the podcast, forward of the US Open 2023, Austin Kaiser mentioned, as quoted by GOLF:
“That was a tough night time… That was in all probability the time I believed I used to be going to get fired.”
Austin Kaiser’s loopy night time with out Schauffele
Austin Kaiser went on to clarify that the incident happened throughout Xander Schauffele’s rookie yr. The duo was on the 2016 AT&T Byron Nelson. The comparatively new participant/caddie duo on the time missed the reduce, and Kaiser and one other caddie determined to exit that night time in Dallas. They ultimately discovered a bar, the place bottle service was being provided for $300.
He added:
“Subsequent factor you realize I drink a fifth of Gray Goose and find yourself in the course of a thunderstorm, dumping rain, in a cemetery, doing snow angels.”
Kaiser revealed that he came upon he was in a cemetery after his spouse used a monitoring app to search out his cellphone.
He mentioned:
“That is at 2:30 within the morning. Xander needed to get up and observe at 7 am … I’m actually hugging a tree blacked out, after which Xander, being the nice pal that he’s, says ‘OK, I’ll discover him, ship me the screenshot of the place he’s at.’”
Schauffele ultimately discovered Kaiser, lined in mud. In line with the caddie, the star golfer took his shirt off and carried him to security, all earlier than taking a couple of humorous photos.
It’s noteworthy that the duo went on to turn into one of many most interesting within the recreation within the coming years. They recorded a number of wins collectively, together with an Olympic gold three years in the past in Japan.