On the eve of every Masters championship at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, athletes invite their family members to caddie for them in a stress-free event.
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Man s best friend serves as good luck for Adam Schenk
Adam Schenk and wife Kourtney with their dog Bunker at the John Deere Classic. (Mike Wolfe/PGA TOUR)
SILVIS, Ill. The last name is Schenk, which, of course, rings frighteningly close to that ugly never-to-be spoken S-word that equates to kryptonite for golfers.
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So why tempt the golf gods even more by naming your dog Bunker?
“We kind of are,” Kourtney Schenk conceded while watching Adam, her childhood chum and husband of less than two years, put the finishing touches on a strong second round of 7-under 64 at TPC Deere Run. His eight-birdie, lone-bogey effort put the 29-year-old Indianan in prime position to contend on the weekend for a second straight John Deere Classic. “Maybe it’s working in our favor, though.