What’s a bet between a couple of friends, right? It’s generally harmless. That’s probably what Jordan Spieth’s caddie, Eric Leyendecker, thought when he made a ridiculous bet with Spieth at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
Leyendecker is a close friend of Spieth’s and a former high school golf teammate. He subbed in for Spieth’s usual caddie, Michael Greller, at Hero for the weekend, according to Golf.com’s Dylan Dethier.
Because Spieth and Leyendecker are so close, Leyendecker felt comfortable making a bet that, well, let’s just say it might be a little rough on him.
Leyendecker made a beer bet with Spieth that required him to drink one beer for every birdie Spieth hit during the opening round of the Hero while they both watched the Cowboys game later.
Here are the details from Dethier.
“How to best pump up his player? On the first hole, Leyendecker tested his motivational tactic. For every birdie Spieth made, Leyendecker would drink one (1) beer that night while he and Spieth, both massive Dallas Cowboys fans, watched Thursday night’s game against the Seahawks. That was a dangerous proposition; betting on Spieth’s golf is like using a stick of dynamite as a candle. But maybe it’s a caddie’s job to light a fire under his player.”
Seems innocent enough, right? What could go wrong here? Spieth could start cooking. That’s what could go wrong.
And it absolutely did.
Spieth started hitting birdies on top of birdies. He even hit an eagle following this insane stroke here.
260 yards ➡️ 4 feet@JordanSpieth gets going with a kick-in eagle in the Bahamas. pic.twitter.com/GI7D3FnIBc
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 30, 2023
He wasn’t done with the Eagles. You can’t tell me Spieth wasn’t trying to cook his friend here. Look at this put. From 60 feet away? Are you kidding me, Jordan Spieth?
60 feet for eagle!@JordanSpieth is just one back after his second eagle of the day 👀 pic.twitter.com/OgkUgSRbJ3
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 30, 2023
Dude. That’s unreal. Imagine being Leyendecker here. There’s no way to properly prepare for all the beer headed his way.
All in all, Spieth hit six birdies and two eagles, which pushed Leyendecker’s reward (or punishment?) up to 12 beers.
Luckily, Spieth is a good friend and didn’t make him drink all of it, Dethier writes.
“Post-round, Spieth added that he’d even picked out the brand — Kalik, a local lager known as “the Beer of the Bahamas” — but admitted that he didn’t think Leyendecker would — nor should — pay his debt in full.”
What a pal you are, Jordan Spieth. What a pal.
