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PGA Tour pro reveals his average weekly expenses, and let’s just say you’d better be making cuts out there
In a recent TikTok video, Ben Griffin revealed how much it costs him to play each time he tees it up on tour. And let’s just say, it’s not cheap.
Undercover Caddie: Ranking members of a player’s entourage by importance
Professional golf is no longer an individual sport. Go to the practice range at a PGA Tour event, and you’ll see players surrounded by their own pit crews. Often, the younger or more successful the player, the bigger the entourage. I’m pretty sure some guys can host their own five-on-five pick-up game. How important are Read more…
Undercover Caddie: In The Line Of Fire
Coping with verbal abuse is part of the job of looping on tour.
Undercover caddie: Shattered dreams
Enduring a collapse at the Masters is something you never get over.
Undercover caddie: Message in the bottle
A drinking problem wrecked my player relationship and nearly ended my career
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…
Undercover caddie: Too good to pass up
Looping for LIV Golf has been the best experience of my career.
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.
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.
Undercover caddie: Two decades in, I question whether I made a mistake choosing this line of work
In our living room my wife and I have photos from our wedding. Among them is a picture of her with the bridesmaids. But there is nothing of me and the groomsmen. That’s because one of the groomsmen was my former player, and I can’t stand the sight of him all dressed up next to me on the biggest day of my life. It’s just too painful.
Undercover caddie: Two decades in, I question whether I made a mistake choosing this line of work
I carry for a guy you know, but you haven’t heard his name much in the past few years. Still, given what I do for a living, I’m the subject of envy in social settings, and I’d be lying if I said the attention didn’t feel good.
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.
Undercover caddie: Life as a looper on the LPGA Tour
You won’t have job security, and you’re not going to make much money. That’s what a caddie told me when I started looping on the LPGA Tour a decade ago. I thought he was joking or perhaps trying to weed me out. Within a month I realised he was just telling it like it is. Well, mostly.
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 lessons: A new way to get better
Forest, in Jordan’s hometown, Dallas. They’ve been doing this since Jordan was 12 years old, so there’s an obvious level of comfort. We’ve mic’d both player and teacher, and three high-definition video cameras are rolling. We’re a fly on the wall, listening in while we watch. They’re ignoring us and totally into the lesson.
Undercover Lessons: Tony Finau Promo
There’s nothing quite like watching one of the tour’s big hitters pounding tee shots at the range. In this extended video, Tony Finau and his coach, Boyd Summerhays, invite us into one of their private practice sessions – this one all about driving. See every shot hit, hear every word exchanged. A special, inside-the-ropes experience!
