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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 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.
OPINION: It’s time for Brooks Koepka to call off the dogs
Brooks Koepka appears to have the upper hand in his feud with Bryson DeChambeau. He should use it to help stop the hate.
