Caddie race
Jordan Spieth was a runaway winner at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions this weekend. He wasn’t the only one who turned in a remarkable performance at Kapalua Plantation Course.
Mark Urbanek, the caddie for James Hahn, remembers hearing about the time in 2002 that Steve Williams won a bet with Tiger Woods and swing coach Butch Harmon that he could run the back nine of the course in under 30 minutes.
Williams won handily, going from the back of every tee and front of every green in 19 minutes, 28 seconds.
Urbanek decided to give it a try. He started even with the first tee and ran through the tunnel and up a path to reach the 10th tee, and then touched the back of every tee and a part of every green. He finished in 20 minutes, 15 seconds. If the starting line had been the 10th tee, he would have finished in 19 minutes even.
What inspires such a challenge?
“I got into running a couple of years ago,” Urbanek said. “I love the mental challenge. I hate running more than the next guy, but when you hit that wall and your brain is telling you, ‘What are you doing?’ I enjoy continuing through that.”