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 of regular caddying work is eluding him in 2022.
Two months ago, Henley also used Twitter to reveal he'd lost his job before he'd had a chance to carry the bag for a single hole which left the poor man exasperated.
Not everyone makes money on the PGA Tour either by playing or caddying, but truly, there are only a handful of guys that never struggle financially as a caddie.
Much like a marriage, the player-caddie relationship in professional golf has its fair share of ups and downs, requires give and take, push and pull, insert another cliche about being married here.
The key difference between real marriage and the player-caddie marriage, though, is that the latter isn't 'til death do us part.
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