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Jud_T

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #75 on: May 07, 2011, 11:49:06 AM »
Personally, I'd rather have the caddies involved in the match with a bit of a side wager of their own than keeping stats.
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Tom Fussell

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #76 on: May 07, 2011, 01:23:32 PM »
Quote from: Keith OHalloran on May 06, 2011, 10:01:20 PM
Tom,
Was that Old Memorial? I had the same experience.  The problem was that the caddy accurately memorialized the fact that I had hit 0 greens. I had to toss the card.

Keith,

It was, and what a great club and caddy program.  I mentioned I started out playing well, but had I known that my stats were being kept it would have been the polar opposite I'm sure.

Tom
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Richard Choi

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #77 on: May 07, 2011, 02:13:21 PM »
I have only one pet peeve when it comes to caddies - messing up my club orders in my bag!

I am a bit anal retentive about where the clubs are placed in my bag and I always have to rearrange my bag again after a caddy has gone through. Even worse is when they take all head cover off the woods, shove them in the bag and don't replace them at the end of the round.

It is petty, I know, but I just find it very annoying.
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Jud_T

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #78 on: May 07, 2011, 03:18:57 PM »
The club ordering thing is asking a bit much IMO but I certainly agree about head covers.  I've lost several head covers, particularly for putters (including rare ones), from caddies over the years.  Another problem with doubles.  Guys will do whatever is expedient to keep up.
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Tim Martin

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #79 on: May 07, 2011, 04:20:35 PM »
Quote from: Jud Tigerman on May 07, 2011, 11:49:06 AM
Personally, I'd rather have the caddies involved in the match with a bit of a side wager of their own than keeping stats.

Jud-I agree and I think it makes them work a little harder for their player.
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Kris Shreiner

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #80 on: May 07, 2011, 04:58:54 PM »
That Old Memorial caddie program really nails it. The best group depth I've seen, though I didn't see the young humpers when I was there. Hope they have a few lads coming up and they get some weekend work. This club has about as wonderful an atmosphere of any newer club I've visited. Classy, understated, all about the golf and just hits the sweet in "rightness" for me.  Nothing's forced...it just is! Caves Valley does a nice job as well.

Any other standout caddie clubs for the gang?
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"I said in a talk at the Dunhill Tournament in St. Andrews a few years back that I thought any of the caddies I'd had that week would probably make a good golf course architect. We all want to ask golfers of all abilities to get more out of their games -caddies do that for a living." T.Doak

Bill_McBride

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #81 on: May 07, 2011, 10:33:29 PM »
Quote from: Jud Tigerman on May 07, 2011, 03:18:57 PM
The club ordering thing is asking a bit much IMO but I certainly agree about head covers.  I've lost several head covers, particularly for putters (including rare ones), from caddies over the years.  Another problem with doubles.  Guys will do whatever is expedient to keep up.

My caddy my first time at Cypress Point managed to lose my putter when he switched my clubs back to my bag after the round.

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Jud_T

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #82 on: May 08, 2011, 06:47:47 AM »
Speaking of bad caddy experiences, I've had lost clubs, wallets stolen out of bags, had to give a guy a swig from the flask to get over the DT's and make it around (although somehow more charming in Ireland) and seen a caddy throw up on the first hole from being so hung over and be sent home...but hey, I wouldn't of had those stories to tell from taking a cart!
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Kris Shreiner

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #83 on: May 08, 2011, 09:10:13 AM »
I don't know how good of a caddie he was, but if he put the commitment and intensity into helping his player(s) like he did everything else...Seve would have been an ace!

A great article from the archives, by Peter Dobereiner on Seve's early days, from a Golf Digest issue published in 1980, well is worth reading for insights into his early years and development. It's titled, "The Enigma of Seve Ballesteros."

Again, yet another example of what the game stands to lose as it continues to turn its back on better supporting caddie golf! How many youths did he spur on to take up the game. How many millions did he entertain? The greatest shotmaker of the modern era...a  man from humble origins...a caddie at his core!!!
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"I said in a talk at the Dunhill Tournament in St. Andrews a few years back that I thought any of the caddies I'd had that week would probably make a good golf course architect. We all want to ask golfers of all abilities to get more out of their games -caddies do that for a living." T.Doak

Tom Fussell

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Re: A Good Caddy
« Reply #84 on: May 08, 2011, 10:25:06 AM »
Quote from: Kris Shreiner on May 07, 2011, 04:58:54 PM
That Old Memorial caddie program really nails it. The best group depth I've seen, though I didn't see the young humpers when I was there. Hope they have a few lads coming up and they get some weekend work. This club has about as wonderful an atmosphere of any newer club I've visited. Classy, understated, all about the golf and just hits the sweet in "rightness" for me.  Nothing's forced...it just is! Caves Valley does a nice job as well.

Any other standout caddie clubs for the gang?

IMO, Conway Farms in Chicago is another modern club whose caddy program makes it feel like an old school, established classic course.

Tom
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