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I would love to have a career in golf but I don't think I'm good enough to become a good player and earn money. I have noticed that at St. Andrews, caddies can be hired but I don't know of any courses around my area where you can hire a caddy.

How does one become a caddy, I'd imagine it must be pretty hard to get into, but I feel I have a good enough golfing knowledge to give players advice etc.
 
Not sure exactly but I'm sure I have heard of caddie schools in the US. Also you could look for an up market course near yourself and enquire if they employ caddies. Plus again I'm not 100% but I'm sure most pro caddies ie the ones on tour, are all very low handicap golfers in their own right. Hope this is a help.
 
Ive caddied on the European Seniors tour for a couple of guys Jimmy Heggarty (euro tour regular for years) and Gary Wintz who's a winner on the Euro Seniors and former PGA tour player(played with Jack, Player, Seve etc)My advice would be to get a bag on the seniors for a while and add this to your CV if you want to become a venue caddy at one on the top courses.As for getting a bag on the European tour very difficult but not impossible and luck has a lot to do with it to.Literally hanging around the tourney venue car park youll be with other guys looking for a bag that week you might get lucky but the player will expect you to have experiance.It aint as easy as what people think caddying, the players can come over as snotty but your got to remember these guys are playing for their liverlyhood.
Enjoy!
 
If you are serious about a career in caddying.
Start off by offering your services for free on the lesser tours to pick up experience and to get your face known.
Be prepared to fork our quite a bit for travel and digs to start with.
Latch on to one of the better players and hope that they do well.
Even if they do well you will struggle to make a living.

I know a regular tour caddy who was an ex County amateur champion.
He has done very well makes a good living.
He was the only caddy to sack Monty.

Domestic caddying is very seasonal.
Peak weeks the Turnberry caddies can earn £600 but there will be a lot of weeks when they will only earn £60.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
If you are serious about a career in caddying.
Start off by offering your services for free on the lesser tours to pick up experience and to get your face known.
Be prepared to fork our quite a bit for travel and digs to start with.
Latch on to one of the better players and hope that they do well.
Even if they do well you will struggle to make a living.

I know a regular tour caddy who was an ex County amateur champion.
He has done very well makes a good living.
He was the only caddy to sack Monty.

Domestic caddying is very seasonal.
Peak weeks the Turnberry caddies can earn £600 but there will be a lot of weeks when they will only earn £60.
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Just the bit in bold I'd caution against...follow this and the only thing your face will be known for is offering your services for free! Fine if you just want a hobby (although not so fine with the other guys you are standing next to who are trying to eek a living)
 
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Caddie Programme
Self Employed Golf Caddie (seasonal)
As a caddie you will be expected to have a passion for golf and a good understanding of the game, including course etiquette, rules and regulations to enable you to provide golfers with information and assistance required during their game.
We offer an in-depth Caddie Training Programme for all successful applicants. All Caddies will be required to successfully complete the training to obtain their Trump International Caddie License before they will be able to work on the course in 2013. All Caddies will be self-employed.
To become a Caddie, you must also meet the following requirements:
 Be at least 16 years old
 Be eligible to work in the UK
 Be physically capable of carrying a golf bag for 18 holes
 Be professional in both appearance and attitude
 Have good communication skills and be able to work well with others
 
I met a lad who plays on the euro pro tour a few weeks back, he doesn't have a caddy as he cant afford one. Most of the tours until you get to seniors, euro are on such a tight budget, caddies are a luxury they can do without..
 
there are a few guys at my club that caddie and do a bag a day in summer at £50 per time plus tip. its mostly retired guys and youngsters though. When the curtis cup was on last year, all the cat one players were asked to caddie in that and one of the girls asked one to caddie for her on the LET.
 
My mates a Caddy at Kingsbarns ,hew ent up there a few years ago and asked if they needed any, he had to shadow an experienced guy for 2 rounds then away he went, its a seasonal thing up here tho from April to mid October, this year he's of to Florida th caddy there for the winter. He's been lucky as well that he gets a bag in the Dunhill for the week .

I've also done it around Kingsbarns and made a few bucks on my days of, i've seen some god awful swings, but at £50 plus tip it was a nice wee earner.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
He will soon get caught out in that envoirnment then no one would touch him with a bargepole.
Caddying at that level is all about building a reputation.
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Look ive been there and done it, if you know your golf, have a decent knowledge of rules etc you can blag it, its the only way to get in believe me.Then you learn very quickly so's not to get your ear chewed off by the player!
 
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