Articles by Undercover Caddie with with Joel Beall

June 21st, 2023

Undercover Caddie: Pick Of The Bunch

The best loopers on the PGA Tour right now.

April 26th, 2023

Undercover Caddie: In The Line Of Fire

Coping with verbal abuse is part of the job of looping on tour.

December 19th, 2022

Undercover Caddie: Mixing romance and work on tour can be a complicated affair

Do Caddies on the LPGA Tour hook up with players? I get this question a lot, and if it’s not a close friend, I’ll usually ignore it because if I say “yes”, salacious questions always follow. The truth is that it happens, and there’s nothing salacious about it.  It’s a tight group out here – Read more…

August 23rd, 2022

Undercover caddie: Team events like the Presidents Cup can really upset the dynamic we have with our players

The Presidents Cup is near, which is a good time to discuss team events. It’s an honour to go to the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup. It means you’re with a player who had a good year, you made good money and you probably have job security. It means you matter. But how much these team events matter to us varies.

July 27th, 2022

Undercover caddie: Why do we accept jobs from players with commitment issues?

Now you know why we work with caddie killers – players who hire and fire so many loopers you wonder where they all go.

March 23rd, 2022

Undercover caddie: Why the Masters is the most stressful tournament we work all year

my wife says I’m unusually curt and anxious. They’re right, of course, but they don’t have to figure out the wind at Golden Bell.