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Sergio Garcia’s Hunt for the Perfect Caddie

Doug Mills/The New York Times

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first time that Sergio Garcia’s older brother, Victor, caddied for him at the Masters, Garcia handed him his putter on the ninth hole of the Wednesday par-3 contest and watched him drain a 25-foot birdie attempt. More than a decade later, Victor is again inside the ropes at Augusta National with his brother, but this time he will be shepherding Garcia through the 72-hole tournament, which begins Thursday.

For almost twenty years Garcia’s caddie was Glen Murray, who provided the temperamental Garcia with a ballast of stability and steadiness.