CROMWELL, Conn. — You’ve heard the story, we presume, of the school teacher who wrestled with his emotions before following his heart onto the PGA Tour as a caddie.
Michael Greller as Jordan Spieth’s quiet, but guiding hand?
That’s the one.
Ah, but did you know that there’s a parallel story out there, one that is less known but which not only draws strength from the Spieth-Greller tandem, but gives credit to it?
Meet Tom Maples, formerly of Avon High School on the West Side of Indianapolis, but now of this traveling PGA Tour circuit.