PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – If Paul Casey is going to claim the signature win of his 22-year career, he’ll have to do so without his former caddie John “Long Socks” McLaren.
Casey finished off his second straight round of 69 on Monday morning to improve to 8 under through 54 holes, and trails leader Anirban Lahiri by one stroke heading into the final round of the Players Championship.
But McLaren, 55, is in the midst of what he termed “an indefinite mental health break from the game,” so Casey has veteran caddie Shannon Wallis, who usually works for Jonas Blixt (not in the field this week at the Players) on the bag.
