How to Be a Good Teen Golf Caddy
Many golf courses offer teens the chance to be golf caddies. This involves carrying golf clubs for golfers and also helping them out in a variety of other ways. Caddies give suggestions on what clubs to hit, retrieve golf balls that go out of bounds, and help golfers measure the distance between their ball and the hole. Serving as a caddy is a good way for teens to earn money during the golf season, and those teens who learn to be good golf caddies can get steady business from golfers.
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Instructions
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Before the golf round begins, ask the golfer for whom you are caddying whether there anything in particular he would like for you to do.
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Ask what kind of ball your golfer is using.
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Before the shot, hold the golfer's bag in front of you with the bottom of the golf bag on the ground. By holding the bag in front of you, the golfer will be able to select a club.
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Once the golfer selects a club, take a few steps back so you are not in the golfer's peripheral vision. Stand still until the golfer hits the ball and you have watched where the ball lands. Then take the club from the golfer, wipe it with the towel, and place it in the bag.
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Walk next to or just behind the golfer until you reach the golf ball. If the golfer wants you to help calculate the distance to the hole, find the nearest marker in the fairway. Based on where the golfer's ball is in relation to the marker, inform the golfer of the distance from the ball to the green.
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Once your golfer hits the ball onto the green, place the bag on the grass on the side of the green and bring the golfer his putter. Replace any ball marks the ball made. If your golfer needs to see the pin in the hole as he putts, stand still near the hole with your hand on the pin. Remove the pin as the ball gets close. Once all golfers have putted, replace the pin, grab your golfer's putter and place it back in the bag. Pick up the bag and walk to the next hole.
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Tips & Warnings
Replace any divots your golfer makes, and if the golfer's ball goes into a sand trap, rake the trap after the golfer hits the ball out. As a teen caddy, your golfer likely will not ask you for much advice. But if he does, it is permissible to share your opinion. Clean your golfer's ball between every hole and whenever else you are asked to do so.
Make sure to stay out of the golfer's peripheral vision as well as the peripheral vision of other golfers in the group. Also, be cognizant on the green of not walking on the line between golf balls and the hole.
