It’s been 40 years since Michael O’Keefe was carrying Chevy Chase’s bag and being zinged with one-liners as an unheralded actor in “Caddyshack," so the 65-year-old was feeling a bit of nostalgia Monday at Winged Foot.
O’Keefe had been lobbying for a chance to caddie at this week’s U.S. Open, and the actor who famously played Danny Noonan got the call from local club pro Danny Balin.
“I’ve given a lot of interviews this year because it’s the 40th anniversary of the release of the movie,” said O’Keefe. “I knew the Open was going to be here. My brother, Billy, is a member here and a former (club) president and I was thinking, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun if somebody put me on their bag?’ And I thought the chances of that happening were about as likely as Carl Spackler winning the Masters, but the next thing you know, I get a call from Mike Breed and he said, ‘Hey, are you serious?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, why?’ He said, ‘Start doing some push-ups, I think it’s going to work out.'”
O’Keefe, who actually was a caddie at Winged Foot in 1971 and 1972, wrote at open letter last week, published on Golf.com. On Monday, he and Balin checked out the course together -- with O’Keefe sporting a Bushwood CC hat.
“We just did our first nine together and it was a blast,” O’Keefe said. “It was so much fun to be back out there and get a feel for the course again. Danny has got game. He has made my dream come true, so I owe him everything for that.”
A real Cinderella story, one might say.
After Tuesday’s practice round, Balin’s regular caddie Marc Mondelblatt will be on the bag.
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