Caddy Etiquette/Advice

[JoeCoolTM]

Hey everyone, I have a chance to caddy at the pro-am next weekend at the byron nelson for a teacher of mine. While he keeps reassuring me to relax and not worry i cant help but picture myself breaking a rule and punishing him. Ibe played golf with my dad since i was 12, and know most etiquette and rules (dont step in a players line, dont mark another players ball etc) but just wondering if yall could help me out on common caddy rules and what not. Thanks guys!

[showtime583]

If your player and another player are in a sand trap, don't rake it until everyone has played their shot!

[JoeCoolTM]

Ahh ok thanks! And is it last player to shoot out, their caddy rakes?

[showtime583]

That's typically how it works. Another tip is NEVER touch the putting surface with your hands....could be construed as testing the "grain"

[VOX]

I would suggest that you shouldn't touch the green at all. If you touch the green with the flag stick or anything else to give your player a line, he will also be penalized.

[JoeCoolTM]

oh wow ok thanks again! also i havent watched a golf tourney in a few months and cant seem to remember the flag etiquette, i know at the course when i play people just kinda set it off to the side even on the green sometimes. is it right to pick it up once everyone is on the green and set it on the ground off the green, or stand there and hold it off the green?

[Rulesman]

Remember, when your player is putting that you must nor stand on the line behind the player.

You may point out a line before he putts but must not touch the putting green.

[JoeCoolTM]

thanks to everyone for their help! tomorrow is the big day! very nervous but also excited, ill let everyone who cares to know how the experience went.

[Kapanda]

So how did it go?

[JoeCoolTM]

It was really fun, it was the first of three different pro ams where the pro is just a local pro. Well i get there and turns out he is the pro of the group! But there were no galleries or anything so very laid back! Awesome experience!