Sharing

[SCHUPP]

Can two people playing as partners, share a caddy?

[David in FL]

Yep. Just make sure the clubs don't get mixed up!

[SCHUPP]

Thanks a lot, I'm in the middle of writing a story and my main character is a golfer. He's about to play in the Pebble Beach Pro Am, and his celebrity doesn't have a caddy. I couldn't find it in the Rules of Golf -- again thanks!

[David in FL]

[S][/S][S][/S]In terms of reality though, a pro would NEVER "share" his caddy. The two of them are a cohesive team and his overriding goal is to win the pro tournament. Also, Pebble Beach has its own stable of professional caddies, so the concept isn't really realistic, but heck, that's fiction, right?:-)

[saevel25]

i think its pretty unlikely. For one, the caddie knows the yardages and clubs of his pro, it would be nearly impossible for him to recommend anything to someone else. If your to make it realistic, the only information he could give is,

Exact Yardage,

Reading putts

were to aim on drives, ect..

As for the more personal things, like, i think its a solid 4 iron, things like that, he wouldn't know.

But also i think it would be to much for a caddie to do. He takes all this time to get the right number for the pro while the other golfers are hitting. Time wise its seems improbable.

[moparman426]

Just have him grab the guy out in the parking lot.....you know, the one washing windshields for spare change.  Just make sure he doesn't run his underwear through the ball washer.

[WUTiger]

Back in the 1960s, golf carts were starting to get popular. But most golfers still walked.

For foursomes who walked, two caddies each carrying double could act as a team. On the green, one caddie would rake the sand traps, leave his players' drivers on the next tee, and go out ahead to the landing area to watch for tee shots. The second caddie would tend the pin.

"You take and I'll rake" was the by-hole agreement on who did what. On par 3 holes - unless there's a big danger of lost ball around the green - caddies would usually both stay on the tee so players could select the club they wanted for the tee shot.

The nicest day for the veteran caddie was when you were carrying double and had a couple of grade-schoolers each carrying single.

The roughest day was when you carried double for two walkers, and the other two players rode a cart. Sometimes the cart riders would give you a couple of $$ on the side, other times not.

Then, in the 1970s, more and more foursomes had all riders. They would usually take a single forecaddie to watch the balls for them, and rake traps and tend the pin. If a player hit a shot into the rough, the caddie marked it with a thin white towel, or sometimes a yellow broomstick with a nail in the end (this varied course by course). If you had a wild foursome on a long par 5, it was easy to run out of towels - or stakes.

The cart players were responsible for not losing their clubs, but a good forecaddie checked around the green to make sure no one left a pitching wedge leaning against a tree. For high schoolers who ran the mile or cross country, it was a nice smooth workout. If you were halfway in shape, you could easily outrun a golf cart. Forecaddie paid about as much as carrying double.

Upscale clubs (usually longer courses) generally paid $1+ a bag more than the mid-price clubs. At last place I caddied, a better club, we got $5 a bag plus a dollar or two tip for 18 holes around 1972.

In modern USA, it's mostly top-tier clubs that still have caddies. I don't know much about the caddie scene these days, except that with tip you supposedly can get $70 a bag for 18. Maybe I should come out of retirement...