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 Scott announced on Monday that Zimbabwean Mike Kerr, who has
previously worked for Ernie Els, Lee Westwood and Miguel Angel
Jimenez, would take over as his permanent caddie next year.
"I'm delighted that Mike has accepted my offer and I am confident
that he will be a valuable member of my team for 2015 and beyond,"
Scott, 34, said in a statement.
Scott settled on Kerr after using the Zimbabwean at the Australian
Open and Australian PGA Championship earlier this month.
Kerr, who grew up in South Africa where he competed at amateur level
alongside leading players such as Tim Clark and Rory Sabattini, has
long been a friend of Scott's and most recently worked for Denmark's
Thorbjorn Olesen.
 Scott tried out two other caddies at events in Asia in October and
November after Williams said that he did not want to continue
full-time as a caddie, a situation that was not acceptable to the
Australian golfer.
Scott and New Zealander Williams worked together for more than three
years, their crowning achievement coming with victory at the 2013
Masters, before they parted company in September.
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Williams worked for 14-time major winner Tiger Woods during the peak
years of the American's career.
Scott earlier this year spent 11 weeks as world number one before
being deposed by Rory McIlroy.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Mark
Lamport-Stokes)
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