Hey you, Win, how did you manage to unscrew the flagstick screw on the 18th at the Open de España before Ángel Hidalgo sank the putt to win? You’ve got to be a pro. He holed it, and you already had the cloth in your hand, very pro, right?” recounts David Morago just seconds after confirming the victory of his player Nacho Elvira at the Dubai Invitational. For those less familiar, Win is Gonzalo Vicente, Ángel’s caddie, and he refers to his victory at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid after the playoff with Jon Rahm.
Morago can’t stop smiling. His hug with Nacho Elvira moments after winning is one of those good ones, the kind shared by two colleagues after achieving great success together, but also the kind shared by two friends. David is much more than a caddie. He knows a lot about golf, communicates it well, and manages to ease the tension when things get tough. Like after the 10th, when Nacho’s second shot ended up in the water, and he said: “let’s go, keep going, there’s a lot left.” He talks, but doesn’t overwhelm, and does a great job with the unseen statistics.
David was talking about Win while, with much effort, trying to remove the flagstick screw on the 18th to keep the cloth forever. His cloth. It wasn’t easy with Juan Ochoa, Raúl Quirós, Borja Navarro, Job Sugranys, Ángel Ayora, or David Puig, who rushed to the green to drench him in water and Coca-Cola… “No, man, not Coca-Cola…” David pleaded, laughing. The prankster, obviously, could only be Raúl.
Morago has achieved his second victory with Nacho Elvira and, above all, has had his way. At the beginning of 2025, he confessed to his parents: “Nacho hasn’t reached his peak as a player yet.” There he is now, with the best victory of his career, after stringing together three consecutive Dubai Finals and achieving his best position in the European Tour ranking without a win in between. That’s growth. We’ll see what the next milestone to surpass is.
That said, we can’t rule out that along the way, good old David might end up with an arrhythmia. He confesses this with amusement. Here are his first words to Ten Golf right after achieving victory, still exuding a sweet scent of Coca-Cola.
