How A Math Teacher Became Jordan Spieth's Right-Hand Man

How A Math Teacher Became Jordan Spieth's Right-Hand Man | ESPN Stories

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7 жыл бұрын

Gene Wojciechowski explores the improbable journey former sixth-grade teacher Michael Greller and two-time major champion Jordan Spieth have shared.
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@khunopie9159 7 жыл бұрын

Being a math expert like Greller is vital. If Jordan has 173 yards to the front of the green and the hole is 6 yards on then Mr Greller performs the calculation of 173 + 6 and gets 179.

@MaBeaAda 7 жыл бұрын

@ziontrain08 7 жыл бұрын

Dude this made my day hahah!!

@tropicalpalmtree 7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha best comment

@Karl_with_a_K 7 жыл бұрын

aah brilliant lads, thats class!

@jsimo1431 7 жыл бұрын

if it were only that easy

@CorekBleedingHollow 6 жыл бұрын

"Cheese looks a little saucy. I'd go with spoon." LOL

@williamshea4425 3 жыл бұрын

No. I'm sorry but even cheese macaroni is still pasta. Fork.😁😁😁

@hawkman471 3 жыл бұрын

The smoothie looks a little thick, I suggest a straw.

@thepatronizer6044 7 жыл бұрын

The most shocking aspect of this story... he made $55k/year as a middle school math teacher.

@TheSteve1126 7 жыл бұрын

It's sad that that is shocking but this is hilariously accurate

@thePastafarian88 6 жыл бұрын

Vince McMahon I dont find it hilarious at all...

@johncrazy8756 6 жыл бұрын

yeah, not hilarious at all...pretty sad that math teachers are paid 55k a year. this is the future of our country.

@tylervietti 5 жыл бұрын

John Crazy you liberal piece of shit

@TruthAndJustice5 5 жыл бұрын

@@johncrazy8756 55k is a lot... I was shocked the number was that high

@bi11abrams 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love him, spieth was signing autographs on the side away from me so I put a hat on a stick and greller saw it, laughed, took it off and got it signed by spieth

@tonyei353 5 жыл бұрын

What a wife! Pushing him to his dreams.

@thegolfdude 3 жыл бұрын

That was my biggest takeaway as well.

@johntatum1951 3 жыл бұрын

She is a beauty and a very nice lady. Jordan and Michael both have beautiful and supportive wives. Those guys are truly blessed..eh?

@JMarshallYTTV 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly for me, this was the biggest take away as well. He hit the jackpot for sure!

@sillysausage4549 3 жыл бұрын

She probably worked out how much he would likely be earning. If he'd said he wanted to give up his teaching job and write poetry, I doubt she'd have been so supportive.

@orangemanbad Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this story. There should be more light cast on caddies. These guys have unique stories of their own but all too often get overlooked.

@johnparton2209 Жыл бұрын

Love Jordan old head on young shoulders. I remember his comments on his first masters appearance, he said l will never get the chance to hit my first shot at Augusta again, I think he was about 20 at the time. You can see these two are genuine best mates and lovely people. Good luck Jordan and Michael, you go together like fish and chips

@irvinlee1800 6 жыл бұрын

i think michael won the lottery on this one. but i think jordan is also super loyal and meshes well with michael's personality. just a different kind of great caddie compared to bones and williams etc

@Windmeel 6 жыл бұрын

Both amazing men, love them both.

@williamshea4425 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to here from some of his former students. He just sounds like he would be an amazing teacher .

@jasonurlacher8110 2 жыл бұрын

Michael was my son’s teacher for two years. Absolutely stellar teacher and human. He remains my son’s favorite teacher ever, even after the infamous 6th grade camp scare prank that left some students crying and Michael fearing for his job.

@arenaissanceishman6689 7 жыл бұрын

I never knew that story. EPIC

@ChrissBoustedt 6 жыл бұрын

ARenaissanceishMan That school was NVI and my math teacher was his best friend

@ramrat1480 7 жыл бұрын

seems like an awesome guy and glad he is living his dream!

@billpaterson4133 6 жыл бұрын

Jack Nicklaus is the man for me but this was so inspiring to watch, gives such a sense of what the game means to so many of us around the world. I'm a wrinkly, reduced to hitting at the range these days, but I still dream.This lets me live my dream vicariously, many thanks for the upload, awesome story.

@JM-bt1uy 11 ай бұрын

Nobody gets there alone!!! What an awesome Team!!!! Continued success to both of you!

@AirJordon 5 жыл бұрын

Two perfect shots Michael!

@ChrissBoustedt 6 жыл бұрын

At 1:39 i had all of those teachers😂😂 mrs.Boutry... Mcgoldrick and Mrs. Flynn

@jakewhite3163 6 жыл бұрын

EliteWolf what year😂 I had Susie boutry too lmao

@davidwellbrock395 3 жыл бұрын

I was at their first tournament together at Gold Mountain. Big fan of the pair ever since

@hoosierbassin6059 6 жыл бұрын

This gave me goosebumps

@themonkeydoo3 6 жыл бұрын

In middle school a teacher was good friends with greller and we got to meet him. Awesome person!

@williamshea4425 3 жыл бұрын

What???

@themonkeydoo3 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamshea4425 Awesome experience, I still have the hat he signed for me!

@camerontodd136 6 жыл бұрын

He was my 6th grade teacher! Love that dude

@jonnysmith6673 6 жыл бұрын

stop lying lol

@bradystidham9140 4 жыл бұрын

Jonny Smith haha so right

@moonlightmelodrama 7 жыл бұрын

To every other golfer at the Masters, the names of the holes mean nothing. But when McIlroy makes his way to the 18th at Augusta National a distracting, if not unnerving name creeps into his head. The hole is called Holly. The same name as his hometown sweetheart Holly Sweeney who he abruptly dumped when fame came knocking. Do you believe in curses? Does he?

@khunopie9159 7 жыл бұрын

When Tiger first came on the scene he dumped his high school sweetheart by mail. Tiger's lady game is STRONG

@tannerebeling1056 7 жыл бұрын

Lol I don't know if strong is the first word that comes to mind

@someoneonyoutube7918 3 жыл бұрын

@@khunopie9159 his dad forced him to dump her because he stayed the night at her house once

@joshkahn9600 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew this story. Awesome story and makes me like them even more. Hook Em horns! 🤘

@trevorschu 7 жыл бұрын

Class Act. One of the good guys

@brocklanders1984 3 жыл бұрын

Love this story.

@neil9383 6 жыл бұрын

And I was waiting for a caddie position to open up on Craig's list!

@mcat3309 3 жыл бұрын

love this team.

@Ebraden5 6 жыл бұрын

so much respect for caddies

@timstarnes4105 7 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday to the man himself!

@nickl645 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing story

@benmack1334 7 жыл бұрын

I love this video

@dehydratedwat3r 5 жыл бұрын

love how this is as much an UNDER ARMOR ad as it is a vid for this guy. under armor logo in 90% of shots lmao

@frankygers 3 жыл бұрын

Great story.

@scottycrayon 7 жыл бұрын

Cool story.

@johntatum1951 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Greller gives Jordan good numbers and he is there to listen and let Jordan bounce stuff off him...they make a great team.

@tombie1998 7 жыл бұрын

He really seems like a nice dude.

@bigbadbruins1 6 жыл бұрын

They are both class acts.The good people in golf

@rte11 7 жыл бұрын

No, no, NO! Michael Greller did NOT teach in Gig Harbor, Washington [ESPN]. He did NOT teach in Seattle [Washington Post]. He taught in University Place, Washington, at Narrows View Intermediate School. My wife, Pamela Norris-Taylor, was one of his fellow teachers -- and says he was a really great guy. Ross Taylor -- University Place, Wa

@ChrissBoustedt 6 жыл бұрын

rte11 i went there like 4 years ago currwntly in HS 😂 Ask if she know Mr.Lindberg... I really want to get in contact with him since he retired

@meloapa 6 жыл бұрын

I watched this story thinking how much better off the world would be if he were back teaching math to kids instead of caddying. No knock against caddying, but kids remember the great teachers for the rest of their lives.

@charlesmadden2097 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Boustedt Curtis high?

@margaretwalsh852 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, good things really do happen to good people.

@StephenDoty84 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, a math teacher is a secret weapon. When you get on in 2, then 2-putt, he knows it's 4. And a ten foot putt will hole in two seconds if hit at a speed of 5 ft. per second.

@enjiema5319 3 жыл бұрын

What a story!

@josephkunert7664 3 жыл бұрын

Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa alum!

@semones57 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@HurleyProductions21 6 жыл бұрын

I’m not crying you are

@psiapno139 7 жыл бұрын

HERE COMES THE GENERAL

@jetdr 3 жыл бұрын

Besides all the expert comments, this is a great story. I bet he makes slightly more than 55k a year now!!

@spencer1486 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@WhosGeoffrey 2 жыл бұрын

caddys deserve more recognition if their player ends up winning

@vetteguy1647 3 жыл бұрын

Why not. Just think how many times a caddy has to triangulate to get yardages.

@rustycockering9925 7 жыл бұрын

Why is being a former math teacher of any significance? Its not like there's any special qualifications to be a caddy. Being good a math helps, actually.

@BillyTheKidAudit 7 жыл бұрын

Rusty Cockering .... great point, I agree. caddies don't swing the club's. That's why they are easily replaceable

@alexthyer1681 7 жыл бұрын

which is why Steve Williams was on tigers bag and helped him to success for so long

@itsswaly5462 7 жыл бұрын

I just think they wanted to draw on the fact how ordinary his life was, and that he took a chance from his ordinary life to chase his dream, and now he's living it.

@josedecastro339 7 жыл бұрын

Señor Thierre Steve williams

@TheSteve1126 7 жыл бұрын

Obviously math helps but experience as a teacher is also vital because it teaches you to learn psychology and how to help your player when bad things happen. Knowing when to talk and what to say are extremely important

@edwink0 7 жыл бұрын

Just curious, how is Michael's golf game? Is he a scratch golfer? I'd like to caddy for a major winner one day also but currently can't break a 100.

@sk8mattgaming259 7 жыл бұрын

If you have knowledge of the game, then you can be a caddy. What you shoot doesn't matter. You're not out there doing the scoring, the player you're working for is.

@fezzes428 7 жыл бұрын

Sk8mattGaming exactly, pros usually know what do already, caddies are there when the players lose their heads and to check yardages

@cameronlatimer86 6 жыл бұрын

The Sublime Quest number one rule: never compliment the shot because when you don't compliment one, he/she knows it was bad. Keep the golfer cool, calm and collected

@bricknmotor 6 жыл бұрын

The Sublime Quest heard he's not horrible at it

@Joshmccanngolf 3 жыл бұрын

Who's here after spieth just won

@oxezq4362 3 жыл бұрын

5th time i watched this and still find it crazy

@MasonRohlederGolf 5 жыл бұрын

my sister had him in middle school

@jimmybell9571 6 жыл бұрын

1 day i hope i grow up to be good enough to hold some1 else's bag 2.

@bricknmotor 6 жыл бұрын

Water works.😭

@AgentBubbls 3 жыл бұрын

Puttin the kids through college!

@BeastyEverything01 7 жыл бұрын

Using His math skills, and knowing he is 6 yards perpendicular of the 180 yard marker, he can the perform a^2+b^2=c^2 to find the exact distance.

@jackmmaurer Жыл бұрын

That is the dream job... behind being the golfer

@jackschwartz1756 6 жыл бұрын

I prefer happy Gilmore and Otto but that’s just me.

@touristguy87 3 жыл бұрын

Savage who? Well I guess that everyone should be a 6th grade math teacher at some point in their lives

@Blackhatmmike 7 жыл бұрын

nice wife.

@MrErnestCC 7 жыл бұрын

peter alliss will be getting hot right now

@gabrieldrucker8943 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@dannibble 4 жыл бұрын

More interested in the math test that bought an island with a bunch of 14 year olds.

@ixodic6515 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t vibe with Greller. I was at the Pga at quail hallow in 2018 and there was a backup on the tee. He came over to grab water in the cooler that I was standing right in front of. (Keep in mind I’m a 13 year old kid at the time). I say “how are you michael?” And he looks up and glares at me. I mean that’s just straight rude.