Notes: New Caddie on the Bag for Tiger? By Associated Press - August 23, 2005 Tiger Woods has employed only two professional caddies during his nine years on the PGA Tour. He's about to get his third, but only temporarily. Woods said he will use Billy Foster, the caddie for Darren Clarke, at the Presidents Cup next month. His regular caddie, Steve Williams, is going home to New Zealand because his fiance is expecting their first child. Tiger Woods' caddie Steve Williams will be off the bag at the Presidents Cup to be at home in New Zealand for the birth of his first child.Woods knows the English caddie from having played several rounds in practice and in tournaments with Clarke and Thomas Bjorn, for whom Foster also once worked. ``He's good at what he does,'' Woods said. ``I've seen him work with Clarkey over the years, and he's had some success. There were a couple of guys I was considering, but I like his personality. He's very competitive, very feisty, and very similar to Stevie.'' Asked if Foster was allergic to cameras, Clarke smiled and said, ``No.'' Foster plays off a 1 handicap. One example of his personality might be the time he caddied for the temperamental Seve Ballesteros. He had Foster put some fruit in the bag before a round, and eventually asked for an apple. Ballesteros inspected the apple and told him, ``This is no good.'' To which Foster replied, ``Do you want a caddie or a grocer?'' The Presidents Cup, to be played Sept. 22-25 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, is between the United States and an International team from everywhere but Europe. Clarke has said he will not be playing that week in the Seve Trophy on the European tour. The only other pro caddie for Woods was Mike ``Fluff'' Cowan from the start of his career until early 1999. As for Williams? Woods said he was expected to be on the bag at the Deustche Bank Championship next week outside Boston, then return at the start of October for the American Express Championship in San Francisco. He said Bryon Bell, his best friend from junior high school, would caddie for him Oct. 20-23 in the Funai Classic at Disney. Bell, who usually works Disney, was Woods' caddie when he won the Buick Invitational in 1999. SCOTT ON SABBATICAL If there are horses for courses, it would seen Adam Scott is a thoroughbred on the TPC at Boston, having won and tied for second the first two years at the Deustche Bank Championship. That's why it was peculiar to learn the 25-year-old Aussie is skipping this year's event. Scott has been spinning his wheels, with only one top 10 since the U.S. Open. That was a tie for fifth at the Scandinavian Masters in Sweden. ``I'm taking a bit of a sabbatical,'' he said at the NEC Invitational. ``My head hasn't been in the game this week, and there's no point playing when you're not in the right frame of mind. I feel like I need to get away and practice putting for a week, not playing, and then come back out and get my head straight. It's been a long year.'' Scott left Firestone for Australia, his first trip home all year.