{"id":7548,"date":"2026-07-15T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:36:08","slug":"a-pga-caddies-30-year-old-drug-conviction-kept-him-home-from-the-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548","title":{"rendered":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new U.K. system requires Americans to get an Electronic Travel Authority visa to enter the country, tripping up Eric Larson for a past mistake. <\/strong><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7543\">Sad-eyed pooch at baseball game finally gets his hot dog<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7545\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Eric Larson, pictured in West Palm Beach, Florida, is very matter-of-fact about how he got into the cocaine business. (Saul Martinez\/For The Washington Post )<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>SOUTHPORT, England \u2014 Delta Flight 34 was scheduled to leave Atlanta\u2019s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on July 4 at 10:55 p.m., allowing plenty of time for Eric Larson to make his connecting flight between West Palm Beach, Florida, and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Larson, a veteran PGA Tour caddie, knows that among the  maxims of his business is to show up early everywhere: the course, the practice range, the tee box. So with millions on the line for his boss \u2014 and a fat commission at stake for him \u2014 Larson was taking no chances, planning to arrive in Scotland a day before his golfer to scout the course.<\/p>\n<p>But Larson didn\u2019t get on that flight, or the next. He missed the Scottish Open, where his nine-year \u201cloop\u201d \u2014 the American golfer Harris English \u2014 was scheduled to play. Nor will he be at this week\u2019s British Open, the season\u2019s last major, where a nearly $18 million prize purse is on the line.<\/p>\n<p>All because of a 30-year-old mistake that Larson thought he put behind him half a lifetime ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crazy thing is I\u2019ve been over there 10 times before all this,\u201d Larson, 65, said in a phone interview from his Florida home last week, while English was playing in the Scottish Open.<\/p>\n<p>At the root of Larson\u2019s predicament is a 30-year-old drug trafficking conviction for which he paid a hefty price: 10 years in federal prison, a $25,000 fine and two years of probation. He successfully rebuilt his life and career after that, and for years he had no difficulty traveling to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>But a new system implemented last year requires Americans to get an Electronic Travel Authority visa. For most, it takes about five minutes online. For Larson, it has proved a nightmare. Despite paying more than $20,000 in legal fees to London attorneys, he said, he has repeatedly been denied because his case is not viewed as \u201cexceptional\u201d or \u201ccompassionate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wild; it just sucks,\u201d English, a 15-year pro who has five PGA Tour victories and played for the U.S. last year at the Ryder Cup, said last week in Scotland. \u201cHe did everything he was supposed to do. &#8230; It\u2019s been fine for so long, and then all of a sudden, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7546\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9c28014681a99eaf885a235f11e79455-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Caddie Eric Larson carries the bag for Harris English at the 2025 Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Larson will not be on the bag for this year&#8217;s British Open, the last major event on the 2026 golf calendar. (Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Larson grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, and considered a partial golf scholarship offer to the University of Wisconsin at Madison before deciding to instead head to Florida, one of America\u2019s pro-golf epicenters. He played two years at South Palm Beach Junior College, graduating in 1981. It was around then that he met golfers Ken Green and Mark Calcavecchia, who would go on to successful pro careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized how good they were,\u201d he said, \u201cand how I wasn\u2019t close to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larson said he did security work for IBM and then odd jobs at golf courses, including caddying. That, he said matter-of-factly, is when he \u201cslowly got into the cocaine business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had some people who I knew who would ask me if I could get them something. Living in South Florida, I knew people who had it,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw how easy it was to make some money. It started off small, an intermittent-type thing. But over several years, it adds up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody wants a couple of ounces, next thing you know it turns into four ounces and then six ounces. I did that from the mid-1980s to before I ever caddied on the PGA Tour. I was playing golf, doing that, doing whatever I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larson kept climbing the caddie ranks, though, and by the early 1990s, he was carrying bags on the PGA Tour, a potentially lucrative career. (Caddies typically make 5 to 10 percent of their golfer\u2019s earnings.) In 1994, he caddied for Calcavecchia, a 13-time winner and British Open winner.<\/p>\n<p>Then he got indicted \u2014 twice. A cocaine supplier tipped off authorities, Larson said, and soon he faced federal trafficking charges in Tennessee and Michigan. A jury acquitted him in Tennessee. But in 1995, four days into his trial in Michigan, Larson pleaded guilty on charges of conspiracy to sell cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>A judge in 2026 would be granted some flexibility in sentencing a convicted trafficker such as Larson. But in 1995, federal judges were beholden to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2014\/10\/10\/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-its-time-to-end-mandatory-minimum-sentencing\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2014\/10\/10\/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-its-time-to-end-mandatory-minimum-sentencing\/\">strict sentencing laws that have since been upended by reform efforts<\/a>. Larson was given 13 years in prison, five years of probation and a $25,000 fine. He ultimately served a little more than 10 years in four federal prisons.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7535\">In reversal, Luria backs congressional stock-trading ban in House comeback bid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calcavecchia was the only player to visit Larson in prison, the caddie said, and promised him a job when he got out. When Larson was released and off probation in 2007, the golfer made good, allowing Larson to caddie for him at the 2007 Honda Classic and, later that year, at the PGA Championship. Calcavecchia won the 2007 PODS Championship, his first win since 2005, their first together since the 1995 BellSouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s what you dream about,\u201d Larson said. The redemption, but also the paycheck: He netted a six-figure commission, which helped put him on his way to getting his life in order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric has been a friend for a long time,\u201d Calcavecchia said following that win. \u201cHis attitude is great. &#8230; He doesn\u2019t do anything but try to stay positive himself and help me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calcavecchia, determined to return the favor, insisted his caddie needed to find a better, younger player, to make more money. Larson would eventually caddie for phenom Anthony Kim, winning twice together, and for Jeff Overton. Larson was even on the bag for the 2010 Ryder Cup \u2014 in Wales.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7547\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93f96c831706a68f931099702261b0c9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Larson, standing next to English at the PGA Championship in May, spent 10 years in federal prison. (Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The U.K. started requiring the electronic visa last year, saying it hoped to enhance border security and improve the travel process. Though the new rule has caught some Americans by surprise, it\u2019s typically a quick fix.<\/p>\n<p>But before last year\u2019s Scottish Open, Larson was denied his ETA. He attempted to secure a regular visa but struck out. He said some people suggested he fly to Dublin, which is not in the U.K., and then drive to last year\u2019s British Open in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I wasn\u2019t going to do that. I ain\u2019t trying to hide,\u201d he said. \u201cEither accept me or don\u2019t accept me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>English has three victories with Larson, including last year\u2019s win at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. But Larson wasn\u2019t in Northern Ireland when English finished second to Scottie Scheffler during last year\u2019s British Open at Royal Portrush, earning $1,759,000. Larson lost out on a potential six-figure commission.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Larson started the process early. English wrote a letter on his behalf. So did the PGA Tour and the R&amp;A, which runs the British Open and is based in St. Andrews, Scotland. A nonprofit called Operation New Hope, which helps those who were incarcerated return to society, also signaled its support.<\/p>\n<p>The response was the same. On July 4, hours before his scheduled flight, U.K. authorities told him no visa was forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a tough situation for everyone,\u201d said English, who employed a veteran caddie, Geno Bonnalie, at this year\u2019s Scottish Open (where he missed the 36-hole cut) and is using his putting coach, Ramon Bescansa, this week at the British Open. \u201cHe did his time in prison. Everybody out here knows him. So many people vouched for him, how good of a citizen he is. He\u2019s over here to do a job, probably would be rooming with other caddies, and he\u2019d be out here six, seven, eight hours a day, walking the golf course. He\u2019s here to do a job and then go back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, they would have been able to look and see that he\u2019s come here with no issues. Many times. I just feel bad for him. And he\u2019s a big part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larson will resume caddying for English in two weeks at the Rocket Classic in Detroit. That U.K. plane ticket is nonrefundable, but he knows there\u2019s plenty of travel in his future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously I have a big credit now in my Delta account,\u201d he said, before adding a Bill Murray line from \u201cCaddyshack<i>.<\/i>\u201d<i> <\/i>\u201cSo I got that going for me.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7532\">Former England forward Mason Greenwood makes $44M move to Fenerbahce<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Bob Harig writes the Daily Drive newsletter on Substack.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new U.K. system requires Americans to get an Electronic Travel Authority visa to enter the country, tripping up Eric Larson for a past mistake. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new U.K. system requires Americans to get an Electronic Travel Authority visa to enter the country, tripping up Eric Larson for a past mistake.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"headline\":\"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548\"},\"wordCount\":1532,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548\",\"name\":\"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1708},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=7548#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Insider USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA","og_description":"A new U.K. system requires Americans to get an Electronic Travel Authority visa to enter the country, tripping up Eric Larson for a past mistake.","og_url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548","og_site_name":"Moving Insider USA","article_published_time":"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1708,"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0bc9e36e36a26b49170bf0894c15cc30-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"headline":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open","datePublished":"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548"},"wordCount":1532,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548","name":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open - Moving Insider USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-15T13:36:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8fe32a4ce8a3c69d2afffd347c62edea-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1708},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=7548#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A PGA caddie\u2019s 30-year-old drug conviction kept him home from the British Open"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/","name":"Moving Insider USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}