Footballer Tevez's caddying branded as 'madness' by Royal Lytham official

London, July 24 (ANI): Jim McArthur, the Royal and Ancient Championship Committee Chairman, has branded Manchester City star Carlos Tevez's caddying in the final round at the Open Championship as 'madness', and vowed to look into the matter.

Argentinean golfer Andres Romero had invited fellow countryman and good friend Tevez to carry his bag on Sunday, but that proved unlucky for Romero, as he shot an 82 to finish last on 18 over.

Tevez's involvement certainly attracted a big crowd, but McArthur wasn't impressed.He never put the bag down, even when he was standing on the green - it's just absolute madness," The Telegraph quoted McArthur, as saying.

"I think we made need to look at this particular case. We normally get a list of caddies at the start of the week," he added.

After the round Tevez complained of how much his shoulder hurt due to carrying those big bag, and City is unlikely to be pleased if the striker reports any injury problems in his shoulders ahead of the new season.

However, the R and A's chief executive, Peter Dawson, was pleased with the unplanned appearance by a star footballer, which had drawn extra attention to the event.

"It was pretty interesting. I thought, because of the big crowd following the group, that golf fans and football fans may overlap a little more than I had realised. It's not a bad thing, perhaps," Dawson said. (ANI)