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I keep seeing these proffesionals on the telly & they all have their own caddy on there who goes round the country & or world with them. Then recieves 10% of the winnings, I was just wondering how someone might get into caddying for someone, you know, in on the first rung of the ladder so to speak, even if its just for the local club pro or something.

Its something I've been wondering about on & off for a few weeks or so. More curiosity than anything at the moment, but would be interested to know more & what someone would have to go about doing to achieve it?

First take degree in people skills so you know how to motivate your player
Second, have extra thick layer of skin fitted to cope with moments when player does not accept it is his fault.
Third ,learn to read greens
Fourth,do another degree in meterology ,majoring in wind speeds and direction
Fifthly ,hit the weights to carry the bag.


Then find one of the 20% of pro golfers who earn enough tot give you a living after paying for all your travelling costs. If you are looking for a European bag (the food ,wine and beer are better) ,the travelling cost will be about $30,000 ,so if you want to clear $50,000 after tax and expenses ,you'll need to earn $100,000 minimum, and that means your player must earn $1mil.

In other words, the top twenty are the only ones worthwhile.

Don't forget to get your handicap down to almost scratch too.

Most of the lesser known players do not have their caddies working on strictly a percentage. Since the caddy is incurring a risk, they are also paid. A Nationwide TOUR player here locally was offering $60,000 and a percentage plus a performance bonus for his caddy when he was searching.

Have you read "Caddy for Life" the Bruce Edwards Story? If not, its a great read, and gives a pretty good insight into the life on tour as a caddy - if you're lucky enough to get hooked up with someone as good and gracious as Tom Watson.

I guess the trick is to get a pro to give you a chance at carrying their bag. I'm not sure how you do that. For every caddy carrying a top player's bag, there are hundreds, probably just as qualified, scraping by week-to-week toting the bag of someone barely making ends meet.

The joke a few years ago was that Tiger's caddy should be included in the top ten money winners on tour. You could probably include Vijay's caddy also, however if you break down his income by hours worked he might be getting minimum wage.

loved the tongue in cheek reply of the first one, I just wondered if there really was some sort of course you had to go on or something. I'm just wondering how many of todays caddys got into it in the first place?. Always seems a bit odd, somehow.

Wouldn't mind having a go simply just to have a go on a few spare weekends, job allowing, (seeing as I work some odd shifts) just so I can say I have.

Four iron in the soul by Lawrence Donegan is a book about his year caddying for a player who lost his card.

Cheers lefty, looks as if I may hit the bookshelves if nothing else

Donegan was the Bass Player for TWO U.K. bands that captured me and my friends' imagination in the College Days (mid-80's): The Bluebells, and Lloyd Cole & the Commotions.

I knew Cole was a Golfer (his parents were Course managers by trade, and he is always ebaying clubs!!!!), but when I saw Donegan's name in the above post, I figured it might be the bassist. A little researched confirmed it!

I'll have to pick up that book...

BTW, this is my first post; but i've been enjoying the site as a lurker for several months

You're right about 1 of the 3 (the beer) but that's okay, 1 out of 3 raises your average!

I've been also looking into this. There was a Monster.Com ad I ran across where a guy was looking for a caddy. This was his response to pretty much the same question:

"Hi there, I think you can contact USGA or PGA for more info of being a good caddy and I have filed your email but I will need your resume to do further consideration."

Personally I have the people, motivational and "psych" side of it already.
Why in the heck do I have to learn to read the green for them?
If I knew all that, I wouldn't need them!

Most of the caddies are + handicaps in their own right. In fact, at some tourneys, they would both make more money if they'd switch positions...lol.

Here you go...http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.... 128,1862,1863


surely what he is paying is per month and not per year?

Are you seriously saying that you will eat better food than italy or France can provide in USA? As France is the home of quality wine, you can not suggest the wine is better ?

I expected you to argue about beer nbecause it is a personal taste ,but never the other two

I think Wine is personal taste too. I don't much care for it, but I do like beer.