Got to be a caddy for the first time last weekend

[TN94z]

My son Jacob played his first 2 day tournament this past weekend and the tour likes to give them the option of having caddies. So Jacob wanted me to caddy for him. I now have an even higher level of respect for those guys. I used a push cart and it will still a tough job. And the course had gotten slammed with rain the day before so it was sloppy wet, which did not help any. It was a really fun and cool experience though. The tour did an excellent job on the tournament and it was ran very well. We will be playing in a few more of these tournaments throughout this season.

[LMoore]

20 minutes ago, TN94z said:

My son Jacob played his first 2 day tournament this past weekend and the tour likes to give them the option of having caddies. So Jacob wanted me to caddy for him. I now have an even higher level of respect for those guys. I used a push cart and it will still a tough job. And the course had gotten slammed with rain the day before so it was sloppy wet, which did not help any. It was a really fun and cool experience though. The tour did an excellent job on the tournament and it was ran very well. We will be playing in a few more of these tournaments throughout this season.

Had the opportunity to caddy for the Southern Women’s am at our club in Augusta. The player was a sophomore for Georgia, Rinko Matsiaga. She made it to the Championship round and ran into a young lady named Alex Wright, now a junior at Ohio State. Rinko made it to 17, but was severely “out-horsepowered” by Alex. Scrambling pars for Rinko and stress free tap ins for Alex.

I was amazed at the accuracy of these young ladies. After four rounds, I think I was far more exhausted than they were, so I’m with you on the respect for caddies.

[Buckeyebowman]

Oh! This is good. Reminds me of a Feherty essay about caddying for Gary McCord in some charity event. He had to carry the bag and do everything else a caddie is supposed to do. When McCord hit into a bunker, Feherty's description of himself was, "like a monkey standing up in a hammock trying to make love to a set of bagpipes!" Managing the wedges, the golf towel, and the rake was a bit much!

[CaddyCarl]

Gives the phrase, "I wish I had three right hands" a whole other meaning...