This week we get a question from Charlie Alfonso who writes, “david: im curious how important the caddys role is in tournament play. we know they lug the equipment around for (4) days, console the player after a mishit, keep them calm, etc. But are there other things they do? seems to me they are underappreciated for there performance. (and NO , im not a caddy) -charlie”
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Hi David,
You get a lot of mail but I promise you this comment will be unique!
I’m from Scottsdale, AZ and I manage a few blogs about golf. I worked in the golf business in Scottsdale in various hospitality related positions until I retired from Hilton Hotels a couple of years ago and started writing about some of my experiences connected with golf.
My main job was to bring golfers to Scottsdale and I did that for over 23 years. But at the same time I also promoted golf tours to a number of other golf destinations and was fortunate enough to travel to with the golf groups I led.
I got to know your fellow countryman and a true gentleman, Christy O’Connor Jr. through a friend of mine on one of his visits to the States just months after his son Darren was killed in an auto accident. He invited me to play golf with him at his course in Galway and several months later I took him up on it!
I have met Gary McCord at a few events here in Scottsdale and admire where he came from. And I enjoy your bantering with him which helps make your (CBS) coverage so interesting. But let me get down to the meat of my comment and why your video response, Feherty’s take on caddies, was of interest.
Way back in 1990 I met a guy at the Phoenix Open, who turned out to be a producer of ABC’s golf coverage, and he invited me to be a spotter for a tour event in CA, the old Mercedes tourney at La Costa I think, anyway, over the years I got to meet a lot of people in the business that I really liked: people like Judy Rankin, Mark Loomis, Frank Chirkinian, just to name a few. Before it was over I had spotted more than 25 tournaments, including majors such”The Open Championship” at Muirfield, The PGA at Bellerive, The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and a host of lesser events on the PGA Tour.
Now, as you know, tour caddies are sometimes considered to be pretty low on the food chain. But does anyone know there is one phylum lower? That would be – the spotter! That insignificant contract labor, golf know-it-all that gets hired on at each Tour stop to do scoring, audio, etc. As a veteran spotter of over 25 tournaments I could tell you some stories! Stuff that came right out of the compound about the “talent” or a player. And why? Because spotters are invisible in a TV compound and that stuff is right up your alley David, “Spotter Humor by Feherty” Let me tell you about the time I dropped my radio into the port a potty at LaCosta, or the time Rossi took off his pants or… well, you get the idea. Let’s collaborate on a few of the more interesting spotter stories, Oh, and did I mention, I play Cobra equipment too.