The following story was reported this week after a caddie made headlines revealing he had been fired twice within 24 hours.
Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time or suggesting, and then giving, his or her player a wrong club can lead to a short caddie-player partnership.
Show up, keep up and shut up were the three best tips I received as a young teenager trying to earn some pocket money.
Brent Henley took to Twitter to air his frustration at losing another caddying job so soon, saying: “Unemployed again!!! I spent basically 20 years of my caddie career being loyal with just 2 players and now I am getting bounced around like a ping pong ball. Caddying ain’t easy!”
Where Henley is concerned, that seems to be especially true.
Since becoming a caddie in 2000, he has carried the bags for the likes of Robert Garrigus and Woody Austin. However, the relative stability…
