The relationship with Foley, which started in late 2008, remains intact. It was hard to leave a figure who in many ways seemed like a big brother. “It does feel like when you get rid of a caddie or coach on tour, you’re somewhat severing a relationship, even though you don’t want to. Sean and I text about all kinds of different things. I still love the guy, love our time together, love who he is and what he’s about, so part of it was hard because of the unknown, I felt like. But it was easy because I knew what our friendship was based around, and it wasn’t based on my success in golf. It was based on the types of people we were.”