HELEN WESTWOOD can't wait to be a caddy at The Masters again -- even though carrying a heavy bag up Augusta's hills makes it feel like she's a 60-a day smoker!
Lee Westwood's caddy and wife are both fighting fit.
Helen Westwood loves to caddy for Lee at the Masters, but she says that some of the hills test her super-fitness.
Helen finds Augusta a happy place, with the exception of uphill holes such as the eighth
She is a personal trainer and a regular exerciser.
She says that Augusta is a nightmare, especially the 8th hole at 570 yards uphill.
This is especially important considering that the average bag of a professional golfer weighs in at around THREE STONE.
Helen stated that people don't realize how hilly Augusta really is because they don't see the ups or downs on TV.
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"Before we begin, I always go through my bag, asking things like, Do you really have this water bottle? Every tee has water. Shane Lowry and me played a practice round. I lifted Shane's bag, and his was heavier.
"I swear Lee had a few house bricks or iron weights hidden in there, if I hadn't checked it so carefully.
Augusta is the most difficult course I have ever caddied on. The thought of climbing eight times always makes me tremble.
It slopes at a 45-degree angle throughout the hole.
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"I am a fitness instructor, but I feel completely out of breath by the time I reach that green. I feel like someone who smokes 60 cigarettes per day.
"It was a nightmare that I did it twice in one night a few years back.
Lee was planning to play the front nine, then have lunch and then go back to the back nine.
"But the tenth Tee was full when we returned out so we did the front nine once more. Oh my God, I was tired standing on the ninth tie.
It was horrible. It made me feel like I was 80 years old. Never again."
Despite this, Helen still loves The Masters.
She is excited to return to Augusta and caddy in front of 60,000 people each day.
She was still on the bag 19 months after she caddy in front of a full house.
England's stars Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire and Helen Westwood posed together at a pre-event before the Dubai Desert Classic.
They were married in Las Vegas last summer, but kept the details secret.
She walked around outside the ropes as Lee's son Sam took over, when there was only about 25% of the usual crowd.
This felt more alien to me because I get more attention from the viewers than my former world No 1 husband.
Helen said, "When I caddied 2020 it just felt so eerie without any crowds.
"I know the course because I've done it before. That's why Augusta roars.
"Some of the groans can sometimes be loud enough to hear.
"It is nice to hear the crowd eruptions. It was quite strange to hear no one at all the way around. It was almost spooky.
"I think it's probably worse because I've gotten used to having lots of interaction with the crowds.
"I get quite some catcalls and the occasional saucy comment -- but not as much at Augusta because they are so polite. But 2020 was an extremely strange experience."
Helen says she loves the Masters tradition, which requires all caddies to wear all-in-one white boiler suits.
She smiled and said, "It's a wonderful feeling just to pull on the boiler suit.
You feel like you're part of history when you play golf. It's quite comfortable, as long as it's not too hot!
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