GCA Caddie Survey

[Tim McManus]

1.  Caddied before going to college: Y  Years:  5

2.  Caddied during college: Y  Years:  4

3.  Caddied after college: Y Years:  1

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie:  N/A

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  60

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 50

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both: Both

[Cory Lewis]

1.  Caddied before going to college: Y  Years: 4

2.  Caddied during college: N  

3.  Caddied after college: Y  Years: 3 so far, currently a caddie

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: in teenage years, senior, now we don't have classifications

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  100

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 20

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  A

[David Bartman]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: ___Y__

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: ___N__

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: ___Sparingly__

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: ________Top 10 in a Major ____________

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N]  N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  __100__

7.  Number you play with a caddie: ___50__

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B] H

If you want to answer the questions, but don't want to do so publicly, please feel free to IM me the answers.  I'll include them in the final results, but won't divulge any names.

[George Freeman]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: ___Y-1__

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: ___N__

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: ___N__

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: ____N/A____

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N] N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  __30-40___

7.  Number you play with a caddie: ___2-3__

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B] A

[Alex Miller]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: __N__

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: __N__

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: __N__

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: _________NA__________

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N]   N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  __40__

7.  Number you play with a caddie: __1-2__

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B] A


I have caddied for friends in different tounaments before (5-6 times).

[Rick Shefchik]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y]  Years: 2

2.  Caddied during college: [N]

3.  Caddied after college: [N]

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: Son (I only caddied for my mother)

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [N]

6.  Number of rounds you play a year: 75

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 5-10

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  Away - resorts and tournaments

[Bill Seitz]

One thing that would be interesting to add to this is the region where each of us grew up/went to college.  Most of my friends who grew up in Chicago caddied during the summer, but I don't know anyone that I grew up with in Southern California who caddied while growing up.  I don't even know of any caddy programs for high school aged kids at private courses in Southern California, assuming caddies are even available.  I suppose that's largely based on the fact that in SoCal, the golf season is 12 months long, while in the Midwest, the golf season largely lines up with summer vacation.  The few times I played with caddies or forecaddies in L.A., they were definitely not students.  I did work at a golf course in college and for a couple years after, but caddying wasn't really an option.  

[Brian Finn]

Caddied before going to college: YES  Years: 3
Caddied during college: NO  Years: N/A
Caddied after college: NO Years: N/A
Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A (middle of the pack)
Received a caddie scholarship: NO
Number of rounds you play a year: ~60
Number you play with a caddie: ~6
If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  AWAY (historically)

Typically only had a caddie when visiting clubs with programs - ~10% of rounds last year.

Joined club last year that has junior caddie program (call ahead only - few/no standby guys in a yard/shack), so eager to use caddies at home this season as well.  Our club does allow us to walk and carry at any time (one of the major draws for me, besides quality of course, etc), and I expect a majority of my rounds will still be carrying my own.

I almost forgot my recent caddie experience in the HHH...38 holes in 3 hours and 40 minutes at Double Eagle on a hot & humid day last July.  That was enough for me for all of 2012!

[Colin Macqueen]

Sven,

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y]  Yes. 6 years. Panmure and Carnoustie, Tayside.

2.  Caddied during college: [N]

3.  Caddied after college: [N]

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: Was requested, as a 14 year old, to bring Tom Long's Rolls Royce to the club entrance!

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [N]

6.  Number of rounds you play a year: 120

7.  Number you play with a caddie: None

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  Not applicable.

Will this be the typical Aussie profile? Methinks so.

Cheers Colin

[Mike Sweeney]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: 2.5

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: 2

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: 1 summer

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: Caddied PGA Senior Tournament

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N] N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  now < 15, but 30 on average

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 3-5

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B] away

[Don Hyslop]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: __6___

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: ___0__

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: __0___

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: ______no ranking at the course I caddied went on senority______________

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N] N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  __30-40

7.  Number you play with a caddie: _0____

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B]
  When I caddied, the rate was $1.75 for 18 holes and $1.25 for 9. If your player had a good round you usually got $2.00. Another aspect of the caddy business was working on the driving range. It was termed as shagging, you positioned yourself to the distance your player was hitting to and you served as a target and then collected the balls. If the range was busy and your player was hitting wedge shots you had to have your head on a swivel to avoid getting hit and this was before hard hats. The renumeration for this was $0.50.
  I caddied at the Riverside Golf and Country Club a Donald Ross course just outside Saint John, New Brunswick

[Mac Plumart]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: N

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: N

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: N

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  100+

7.  Number you play with a caddie:  25-30-ish

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  Both

[Matthew Sander]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  N

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  N

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  N

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N] N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  25

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 2-3

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B] A

[Pat Burke]

1.  Caddied before going to college: Yes  Years: 4

2.  Caddied during college: Yes  Years: 2

3.  Caddied after college: no

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: I don't remember what classification my club used.

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: no

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  20

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 0

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  neither unless mandatory

[Carl Johnson]

1.  Caddied before going to college: No*

2.  Caddied during college: No

3.  Caddied after college: No

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: No

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  about 65

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 1 or 2

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  Home course does not have caddies.  I take caddie (required) when I play as visitor at my son's course.

*As a high school student I'd occassionally caddie for women's tournaments at my family's club when they did not have enough regular caddies to fill the need.  That's it.

[Paul Gray]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: 4 

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: N

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: N

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A - Caddied in the women's national championships if that means anything.

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year: 100

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 0

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both: N/A

[Dan Byrnes]

Answer the following:

1.  No

2.  No

3.  No

4.  NA

5.  No

6.  0

7.  0

8.  A

I have only used a caddy a few times.  Only when traveling as there aren't any courses within an hour or more of me that have caddy programs.  I understand that if it costs $100 a round it would get expensive but I love having a caddy and while some one good and others not so much it always been a good experience.  Most of the  times i have had a caddy I am playing as a single at a resort course Doral, Sea Island so having some company is a bonus.

Remembered I did caddy twice as an  adult,  When my club at the time hosted the New York State Women's Amatuer I caddy two days In a row.  Had a blast, refused my tip and worked for free.

Dan

[Simon Holt]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: __6___

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: __4___

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: __0___

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: In the first group of St. Andrews caddies to gain a nationally recognised qualification in caddying....dont ask.

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N]  n/a in Scotland, but the money I made paid my way through University.

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  __150-200   (217 last year, on for much less this year)

7.  Number you play with a caddie: __20___

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B]  Away, mainly US, every now and then in the UK.

[Jim Colton]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: __Y, 1__

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: __N___

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: n _____
4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: ___________grunt_________

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N] N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  _50_

7.  Number you play with a caddie: __10_

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  both

If you want to answer the questions, but don't want to do so publicly, please feel free to IM me the answers.  I'll include them in the final results, but won't divulge any names.

[Mark Chaplin]

Very quick analysis suggests you are far more likely to use a caddie if you were a caddie.

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: N

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: N

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: N

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: N/A

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: N

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  25-30

7.  Number you play with a caddie: 0

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  N/A

I have never used a caddie; I'm not sure if I've ever played a course that has caddies.

[Adam Lawrence]

Very quick analysis suggests you are far more likely to use a caddie if you were a caddie.

I'm sure that's true but I would be careful before assuming it's a causal relationship. I think the causal connection is that there are a few small enclaves of the golf world where caddie golf is still strong - cf. Bill's point about the difference between Chicago and Southern California. It'd be even more striking if more Brits and Europeans posted in this thread.

[Karl Bernetich]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: _5__ (1st year as a caddie 1978)

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: _4__

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: _2+__  (kind of off-and-on in the Boston area -- best way to play REALLY NICE courses, for free, on Mondays.  Couldn't afford myself in those days)

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: __???__Official caddie for the Mac-Fear-some foursome _(sp MacPhearson; oh yea, the guy they named the dining room after played in that group)__

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [No]

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  _20_

7.  Number you play with a caddie: _~2__

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [A] 

If you want to answer the questions, but don't want to do so publicly, please feel free to IM me the answers.  I'll include them in the final results, but won't divulge any names.

... to keep my postings active ...

[J_ Crisham]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y/N]  Years: _4____

2.  Caddied during college: [Y/N]  Years: _4____

3.  Caddied after college: [Y/N]  Years: __0___

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie: ___honor_________________

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y/N]Evans Scholar recipient

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:  60_____

7.  Number you play with a caddie: __50?___

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [H/A/B]Both

If you want to answer the questions, but don't want to do so publicly, please feel free to IM me the answers.  I'll include them in the final results, but won't divulge any names.

Always try to use caddies if available- prefer high school/college kids who are trying to get a start in life. No problem with projocks but prefer when they are not carrying doubles. I've had some of my worst caddies at NGLA, Shinny, and Brooklline. Double bagging dogs that just wanted the $100 a bag. Best I've had were at CPC and SFGC. Had some great kids at Prairie Dunes. Chicago kids are hard to beat for hustling around on hot summer days.

[Bill Shamleffer]

Answer the following:

1.  Caddied before going to college: [Y]  Years:  7

2.  Caddied during college: [Y]  Years:  4

3.  Caddied after college: [Y]  Years: 6

4.  Highest rank achieved as a caddie:  Honor Caddie

5.  Received a caddie scholarship: [Y]

6.  Number of rounds you play a year:   20

7.  Number you play with a caddie:  1

8.  If you do use caddies, is it generally at your home course, while playing an away game, or both:  [A]

If you want to answer the questions, but don't want to do so publicly, please feel free to IM me the answers.  I'll include them in the final results, but won't divulge any names.