My research into caddies digs deeper still: Both are talked about more in part 2 of this story. Other similar services are already doing well in individual markets: CaddieWalk in the North Carolina Sandhills and Premier Caddie in southern California. It aims to become the “Uber for golfers" who want caddies, debuting in specific markets later this year - northern California (San Francisco, Monterey Peninsula, Sacramento, etc.), Philadelphia/New Jersey, West Palm Beach, Fla., southern Ohio and Myrtle Beach, S.C. LOOPER launched last fall in the Washington D.C. Those public numbers are higher than five years ago and "way up" from a decade ago, according to a spokesman from Troon Golf, the world's largest golf operator.Ī new service called LOOPER is trying to further up the ante by offering caddies almost anywhere. It's true that caddie programs at private clubs have shrunk over the last decade, but being a career caddie or someone who wants to make a few extra bucks caddying on the side is on the upswing.ĬaddieMaster, a Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.-based business acquired in 2015 by Arizona's Troon Golf, supplies caddies to more than 50 public and private golf clubs, roughly half of them public-accessible courses. Forest Dunes in Michigan, SentryWorld in Wisconsin and Madden's on Gull Lake in Minnesota are among the handful of courses that have added caddies within the last several years. And it's not just an expected service in exotic, warm-weather destinations like California, Arizona and Florida, either. Many of America's best public and resort courses now offer them. They've gone mainstream into the public domain. And when that happens, they just might crack the right joke to keep you from snapping that driver in half.Ĭaddies aren't just for private clubs anymore. They'll read your putts, rake your bunkers and heaven forbid, find that ball you just jacked into the forest. Caddies help pick the proper club and the best line off the tee. It's nice to have someone on your side, fighting the good fight together.
Some of my all-time favorite rounds of golf have been because of the caddies leading my foursome.
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