North Berwick, Scotland – Harris English will spend the subsequent two weeks within the UK on the Scotland Open and Open Championship.
His caddy, Eric Larson, is locked up at house with out with the ability to get hold of a brand new e-travel visa for journey to the UK. That is the case with Individuals now.
Causes for rejection embrace candidates convicted of prison offences within the UK or overseas who’ve served in jail for greater than 12 months.
Thirty years in the past, Larson pleaded responsible to sending cocaine to a pal within the Midwest. He spent 10 years and three months in jail earlier than being launched from Midway Home in June 2006.
Mark Calcavecchia employed him and stood up. Since then, Larson has labored with three gamers within the Ryder Cup – Anthony Kim in 2008, Jeff Overton in 2010, and most lately in English for the previous eight years.
“I do not suppose the UK has seen a lot of his previous,” English informed the Renaissance Membership on Tuesday earlier than his pro-am spherical. “And apparently it is an ongoing work.”
English, ranked nineteenth on the planet and tenth within the US within the Ryder Cup, stated he did not discover Larson’s light-like form shortly after he got here fourth within the Vacationers Championship three weeks in the past.
English stated he contacted the British ambassador, Warren Stevens, whom he had contacted along with his Chief of Workers.
“They wrote a letter. The R&A wrote a letter. The PGA Tour wrote a letter. The charity occasion the place Eric works within the US wrote a letter. “I feel he is sitting someplace on another person’s desk within the authorities.”
Joe Etter is now crammed with him as his caddy. Etter, who began working in English greater than a decade in the past, is at the moment working for Davis Stompson, who isn’t enjoying at this week’s Scotland Open.
Nevertheless, Thompson gained his remaining place within the Open Championship discipline at Royal Portrush in Northern Eire subsequent week.
“Joe was my plan B,” English stated. “Now we have to get a brand new plan B.”
English needs somebody to pave the way in which for Larson to acquire the ETA visa required to enter the UK. Larson has beforehand labored for Overton and Kim within the Open English Championship for the previous 4 years.
“It is a matter of the fitting individual taking a look at it,” he stated. “I did not understand how sophisticated the method was. Somebody may see this man having one thing the final 30 years in the past. He was OK on the final 20 years previous. How lengthy will this stick with him?”
