This caddy is protecting his rising professional champion. Here is the reason
Joe Skovron is no stranger to scouting the PGA Tour's upcoming rising stars.
Skovron is best known for recording Rickie Fowler for the first 13 years of his professional career. During that time, Fowler quickly became one of the biggest names in sports due to his sales and performances.
When the partnership finally ended in 2022, Skovron picked up the purse of another young star in Tom Kim and the pair quickly earned a win at that year's Shriners Children's Open. To start this season, Skovron also picked up one of the PGA Tour's top 20-somethings in Ludwig Aberg.
All those players are necessary when it comes to people who want to be in their orbit on the PGA Tour. As their manager at various points, Skovron said he felt protective of the young stars while they were on Tour.
“There's a lot more to golf here than just showing up on the golf course and playing, of course,” Skovron told Supar GOLF hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz in this week's episode. “Your home life, family, friends, you know, external things, fame, advertisements, all these different things that take away from what you're trying to do or distract you from whatever it is. And the easier it is to maintain, the better it will be.”
Fortunately, Skovron has had plenty of experience, with Aberg now his third manager whose stock seems to have nowhere but to rise.
But he also appreciates other players in the way they handle luxury, such as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
Skovron said Scheffler's ability to keep his outside life simple, and not become a distraction, is one of his best strengths.
“I don't think it can be overstated what his off-court life does to his golf,” he said.
For more from Skovron, you can check out the full episode of Subpar below.
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