Ben Curtis is in the final year of his five-year exemption at the Masters from his British Open win in 2003. Knowing this, Curtis is trying to put his best rounds together since in his four previous starts he has made only one cut, a tie for 39th in 2006.

A little monkey wrench was thrown into Curtis’ plans when his caddie, Andy Sutton, had to leave abruptly on Tuesday due to a family emergency — his wife Lindsay taken to the hospital. This left Curtis without a caddie.

Not wanting to use a local caddy, Curtis hooked up with David Clark, who had caddied for Justin Rose in the past and is currently on Greg Owen’s bag on the Nationwide Tour. Clark drove up from Orlando and was on the bag by Wednesday.

“My plan was to play 18 Tuesday and then nine Wednesday,” Curtis said after a first-round 75. “But I changed it. Because I wanted us to go out there and play 18 holes together.”