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Caddies turned competitors: How the Schmidtke brothers are able to balance playing both with and against each other

Mason (middle) and Max (right) Schmidtke were paired together for the first time ever in competition this summer at the Wisconsin Amateur at The Legend at Merrill Hills in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy of Mason Schmidtke.)

“‘Did you come here to qualify or to win?'” Mason Schmidtke asked as he and his brother Max made the turn onto the 394-yard par-four tenth at Rolling Meadows Golf Course in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Max — the graduate student at South Dakota University — was competing in a tournament qualifier with Marquette sophomore Mason caddying and asking his older brother if he was going to flip the on-switch for the back nine.