Ryan Moore has an adorable caddie

By RON KANTOWSKI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

10 years ago

Ryan Moore and the gallery applaud his 17-month old son Tucker after he sinks the putt for dad on the No. 1 hole during the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club on Wednesday in Augusta. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

There are currently more pictures of newly crowned Masters champion Bubba Watson and his adopted 2-year-old son Caleb — yes, he’s adorable — posted on the Internet than there are of Jennifer Aniston after she cuts her hair.

But here’s one of former UNLV golfer Ryan Moore and his son, Tucker, that also is fairly adorable.

Moore did not win the Masters — he failed to make the cut — but he won the annual par 3 tournament held before it, which also is pretty cool but doesn’t pay nearly as much.

Tucker Moore is 17 months old. His mom is Nichole Olson, who played soccer for UNLV. Ryan and Nickie met at UNLV and were married in 2011.

I’n only guessing here, but I suspect that Ryan Moore will cherish this photo more than the one of him holding the trophy after he defeated Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn in a sudden-death playoff to win the Wyndham Championship in 2009, though the first-place check of $936,000 surely would have bought baby Tucker a lot of new pairs of shoes.