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Luke Donald needs a new caddie after his old one fired him
It's not an everyday thing that a caddie fires his player, but that's what veteran looper John McLaren did to world No. 1 Luke Donald after a six-year relationship.
The pair are no longer together, and it came as a shock to the former world No. 1.
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“It was more his decision than mine," Donald said after an opening-round 67 at the British Masters on Thursday, according to the Daily Mirror. "I was a little surprised."
McLaren was vague in explaining his decision.
“I just felt that it had run its course," he said. "There were just a couple of things that I don’t need to go into that made me feel it was time for a change.”
Donald, who began the year ranked 33rd in the world, is now 66th. He stopped working with his collegiate golf coach, Pat Goss, in 2014 to work with Chuck Cook. In November 2014, Donald returned to Goss and has been playing better golf throughout the second half of the year. Until missing the cut at last week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Donald had made his last 12 worldwide cuts in a row.
So, what is Donald looking for in a new caddie?
He said, "Now I am looking for someone who is energetic, upbeat and brings a good energy to the round.”
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