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Steve Williams is front and center… for once. (Flickr photo by mandj98)

With the 2008 Masters set to tee off Thursday at Augusta, ESPN.com has taken the opportunity to publish a feature story on Steve Williams, who you might know better as Tiger Woods' caddie. Anyway, we thought you might be interested.

Here's an excerpt:

While Woods is the reason Williams has become famous, his story is about more than the Tiger pictures, flags and golf bags that dominate his trophy room. It's about a hard-working, blue-collar millionaire who is just as comfortable on the back stretch of a dirt track in a late-model Mustang as he is reading putts on the 18th at Augusta National. It's about a fiercely competitive, win-at-all-costs perfectionist who takes nine hours to mow his four-acre yard because he chooses to use a push mower. And it's about a man who has become a hero in his homeland, not for carrying a famous man's golf clubs or winning a racing championship, but for an astonishing display of generosity.

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