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\u201cHe\u2019s got to help himself, which is what I\u2019m hoping he\u2019ll do,\u201d LaCava told The Athletic<\/em>. \u201cBut I have not made any contact with him. I\u2019m leaving him alone and letting him figure it out for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n The Hall of Fame caddie was on the bag for Woods for his last victory at Augusta National in 2019, when the 43-year-old player ended a personal drought in the major championships that spanned nearly 11 years. This year, Woods was attempting to return to the Masters after yet another round of back and leg surgeries when his March 27 arrest in Jupiter Island, Fla., prompted him to announce days later that he was \u201cstepping away\u201d for a period of time. Woods said he would \u201cseek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n A judge granted the 50-year-old Woods permission to seek inpatient treatment outside the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got enough people probably texting him and hounding him, right?\u201d said LaCava, now caddying for Patrick Cantlay. \u201cI don\u2019t need to bother him. I care greatly about him. I\u2019m not pissed at him. He knows that. He knows that I care deeply about him. He\u2019s got enough stuff going on, so I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll communicate once he\u2019s back home. I\u2019m assuming he doesn\u2019t have access to his phone anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n LaCava was by Tiger\u2019s side for the 2019 comeback victory that was seen as highly improbable at the time. Asked if he felt a healthy, post-treatment Woods could contend at the Masters once again, the way a 58-year-old Jack Nicklaus did in 1998, LaCava said, \u201cI don\u2019t see why not.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got anything in him, and he\u2019s proven that. But yeah, that\u2019s the hope for me. \u2026He\u2019s done everything, right? He\u2019s going to be 50-plus, I get it. But I wouldn\u2019t put anything past the guy. So I\u2019d never write him off.\u201d<\/p>\n As for this year\u2019s edition of the Masters, minus Woods, LaCava said, \u201cThe tournament is going to be phenomenal, but of course it\u2019s going to miss Tiger. How could it not?\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2014 Tiger Woods\u2019s longtime friend and former caddie, Joe LaCava, said Wednesday that he has not reached out to the five-time Masters champion since his automobile crash and subsequent DUI charge for a specific reason. \u201cHe\u2019s got to help himself, which is what I\u2019m hoping he\u2019ll do,\u201d LaCava told The Athletic. \u201cBut I … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tiger-Woods-longtime-caddie-Joe-LaCava-giving-him-space-during.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26684,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26682\/revisions\/26684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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