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Undercover caddie: How to become a looper on the PGA Tour
When people hear what I do, they ask how I got started. I happily reply, but I can tell they are waiting for me to stop talking so they can ask what they really want to know: how do I get your job?
Undercover caddie: Think you could carry a 20-kilogram bag for a living?
One of my first events 30 years ago was the PGA Tour’s old Tucson Open. I remember seeing caddies who looked beat up.
Undercover caddie: Keeping your job means keeping a lot of different people happy
When I first started caddieing, that label was reserved for players whose rounds would explode over the smallest mistake. Now, after years in this business, “land mine” means something else: anyone who could potentially blow up my career.
Undercover caddie: Not everyone will be lining up to get vaccinated
Will we get vaccinated? Usually I feel good about speaking for caddies as a whole.
Undercover caddie: Minor leagues, major changes
Just last year a player fired me, and I can’t find another full-time bag on the PGA Tour. That’s why I’m here. It’s not where I want to be. Hell, it’s where I can’t be – not for very long, at least. The truth is this: I can’t make a living as a caddie on the Korn Ferry Tour.
UNDERCOVER CADDIE: Your player just won a Major? Let the good times roll
The relationship between a player and caddie is intricate, thrilling, messy, all over the emotional spectrum. It’s basically marriage without sex. So winning a Major is, well, as close as we get to having fun in the bedroom.
UNDERCOVER CADDIE: How does a bad pairing hurt? Let’s count the ways
To think that players have bad rounds because of bad chemistry with their pairings is only one branch of this tree.
Undercover Caddie: I’ve been fired 17 times… so far
Grabbing a bag on a professional tour means you’re perpetually on the hot seat.
Undercover Caddie: Dealing With A Forced Break From Tour Life
With kids, homes and divorces, guys were already living pay cheque to pay cheque before the pandemic hit.
Undercover caddie: Politics vs money? Money wins
Golf, compared to other pro sports, is mostly a controversy-free game. There are rules disputes, and slow play can really get on people’s nerves, but it’s nothing to get that worked up over.
Rickie Fowler goes undercover as a caddie, fools everyone with Zach Galifianakis-esque beard
The PGA Tour star takes on the identity of caddie “Richard Flower”.
Undercover Pro: When Players Sack Caddies
GOLF’S Mr X dishes the dirt on what it’s like when a tour player and a caddie part ways, and it can get ugly.
