Strategy How a Caddie Can Help You During a Golf Tournament|Golf for Beginners

"Caddies don't win championships, golfers do." What are your thoughts on this statement?

If you were to review the commentary made by C.T. Pan after the Wyndham Championship, basically that caddies should"show up, keep up and shut up", you would be missing out on an opportunity to learn a great deal about the game of golf. Pan was joking, of course, but, having his wife (an inexperienced caddie) on the bag was probably not the best idea when it came to winning or losing the tournament.

Been asked by many questions about my caddie (wife) last week. Would like to answer them all in this post 1. She is retired from caddying 😆 and ended her career on a high note. 2. I have a caddy for the next couple events. Thank you for all the offering. pic.twitter.com/HFFLrWT9Rd

— C.T. Pan (@ctpangolf) August 20, 2018

There are mixed thoughts on the roles that caddies should play in the game of golf. Bobby Jones, one of my favorite golfers, was not a proponent of caddies being a major part of his round, saying,"If I needed recommendation from my caddie, he'd be hitting the photographs and I'd be sporting the bag."

Video producer Dan Jenkins was quoted with a similar sentiment about caddies, " If a caddie can help you, you don't know how to play golf."

Lawrence Donegan, a Guardian newspaper golf correspondent, admits that some caddies are good, "and some are bad." Good caddies are like psychologists during a tournament, helping with mood, club selection and reading the greens.

Caddies must have some worth to a golfer (aside from carrying clubs) as some make as much as ten percent of a player's purse!

Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and they say "Hell, he shot 77!" ...Lee Trevino

From counseling on the mental game to advising which golf club is best to use in different situations, a caddie who knows your game can go a long way during eighteen holes of a tournament.

James Y. Bartlett, author of the e book, "Think Like a Caddie, Play Like a Pro", believes that caddies "function a precious crew member to assist them make higher decisions and achieve the lowest viable rating."

If you're provided a caddie for the duration of your organisation occasion or for the duration of an novice match, here are 3 matters to invite earlier than accepting his or her looping ability:

- How often do you play this golf direction? If you've got by no means performed the path, your caddie will recognise where the doglegs, and trouble lies!

- How properly are you able to read greens? You may not see where the destroy is, however, in case your caddie regularly plays the route, he/she can recognize!

- If I give you an idea as to how far I hit my 7-iron (for example...and no fibs on distance as the caddie needs to know the true distance), can you help with proper club selection?

You need to understand your distances higher than a caddie who meets you for the primary time however in case you are uncertain, ask for recommendation.

When I was invited to playPebble Beach with the Navy Seals at the Legends Invitational Tournament, I was given a caddie who played the course often and gave me invaluable advice. On the 8th hole at PB, my caddie told me to hit my second shot (over a deep water divide) to the left of where the rest of the group was aiming (because they wanted to make the shot onto the green). I landed safely on the fairway and wound up with a bogey on this very difficult hole while my group's golf balls landed in the ravine.

Final mind: Caddies do not judge you - they have got seen it all, from awful swings to stressful fits of rage, so requesting advice might be simply what you need to enhance your round for the duration of a golf event!

Have you ever employed a caddie? How did he/she help your spherical? Comments welcome under on this golf blog and tag us with your solutions on Twitter @Golf4Beginners.