The complaint that surprises me the most from members on this site is the 'double bag' issue and having to wait at your ball. I have never had to wait at my ball for more than20/30 seconds for a caddie to arrive. That gives me time to get my glove on, smell the roses, have a good look around, appreciate the architecture, size up my shot then get the info off the caddie - not an issue at all. In fact almost a bonus I feel.
Dean
Here are the ten top reasons to not like being double-bagged when paying $100+/bag:
10. In order to double-bag, the caddy rips all the clubs out of your bag and puts them into a smaller bag that suits him rather than you.
9. If your playing partner/double-baggee happens to hit the ball in different directions and or different distances, you not only have to wait for him to come to you (more than likely much more than 20-30 seconds), you have to watch him carry his fat ass back and across and up and down the fairway all day
8. Due to 9. above, the round is much slower than it should be
7. Due to 9. and 8. above the caddy inevitably plays favorites and the poorer player gets shafted (luckily, I have never been the poorer player in such situations, but I have felt the pain of my fellow double-baggees who get no love from the caddy)...
6. By the time the caddy gets to your ball you have already figured out what shot to play and he hasn't got a clue as to what you are thinking, so whatever advice he might give is irrelevant.
5. On the greens, 6. above is magnified as he has to run from side to side to make sure he reads both your and your double-baggees putts, often taking too little time over each.
4. The Keystone Kops images of two caddies running backwards and forwards across the fairwyas and green makes the overall experience for the baggees more burlesque than sublime.
3. The caddy demeaningly has to try to extort money from more than one person at he end of the round.
2. Due to all the folderol above, it is much more difficult to have an enjoyable game with your friends, which is the main prupose of golf after all.
1. Lou Duran and his obnoxious caddy at Cypress who said something to the effect of "If you think I'm going to waste my time replacing your divots, Lou, you have a lot to learn!" Lou was 2-3 under at the time.......
Hope this helps
Rich