Rhody31
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Not a newspaper one.
Since being ejected from the biz, I've been working summers at a private golf course as a caddie. Money, exercise, blah, blah, blah. Our compensation is 90 percent tips.
One guy we have is a legendary ass kisser. His on-course cheerleading makes working behind him unbearable because he's loud and his rounds take forever. On 18 green, he sticks tees in the side of the cup, places a ball on it and tells the guys to pose like their rolling a putt. Whatever. Other than the theatrics, he does a good job.
But he crossed a line.
The other day I was behind him on 10 green and we heard some screaming from the 11th hole. Turned out somebody in his group got an ace on an uphill par 3. Great for the caddie, turned out to be an extra $200 in his pocket. We're talking about it in the shack the next day and a kid I work with says "It wasn't a hole in one."
The ass-kisser was forecaddying (the majority of our work is forecaddie loops) an uphill par 3 where you cannot see the green from the tee. It's a weird move because we are specifically told not to do that on par 3s. Kid in the shack was ahead of him and turned when he heard the yell (he was double-bagging for some members), then saw him walk across the green as the players made their way up and kicked the ball in the hole. First "ace" for the guy in his group - who would have been excited sticking a shot to a foot - who was clearly excited and accepted congratulations and a hefty post-round bar tab. After the round the kid who saw the AK kick it in went up to him and said "I saw what you did on 11." AK replies "what? The ace?" Kid says, "I saw you kick it in," and the ass kisser laughed and said "you do what you gotta to do make money."
This makes me sick. I've lost total respect for the guy. I'm no saint out there. None of us are. In your average rounds we all toss balls from rough to fairways and in average rough players always have good lies. If we get sticks or it's tournament play, we play it all straight but most of the 15-25 handicaps prefer if we double check to make sure if a ball is there and replace it on top of the grass instead of two inches deep in it.
But what this kid crossed that line. In the past I've congratulated him on big days, defending him against people who really don't like his style, but right now I have no respect for him. To do that to a guy is awful because you're robbing someone of a moment that should be special and if a player or member or anyone except another caddie saw him do it, it's a huge black eye for all of us.
Part of me wants to tell my boss, another part of me says just tell the kid I heard the story, tell him he's bull**** and we're done.
So what's the way to go here?
And I get this sounds trivial, but anyone who calls himself a golfer has to get chills reading about a fabricated ace.
Since being ejected from the biz, I've been working summers at a private golf course as a caddie. Money, exercise, blah, blah, blah. Our compensation is 90 percent tips.
One guy we have is a legendary ass kisser. His on-course cheerleading makes working behind him unbearable because he's loud and his rounds take forever. On 18 green, he sticks tees in the side of the cup, places a ball on it and tells the guys to pose like their rolling a putt. Whatever. Other than the theatrics, he does a good job.
But he crossed a line.
The other day I was behind him on 10 green and we heard some screaming from the 11th hole. Turned out somebody in his group got an ace on an uphill par 3. Great for the caddie, turned out to be an extra $200 in his pocket. We're talking about it in the shack the next day and a kid I work with says "It wasn't a hole in one."
The ass-kisser was forecaddying (the majority of our work is forecaddie loops) an uphill par 3 where you cannot see the green from the tee. It's a weird move because we are specifically told not to do that on par 3s. Kid in the shack was ahead of him and turned when he heard the yell (he was double-bagging for some members), then saw him walk across the green as the players made their way up and kicked the ball in the hole. First "ace" for the guy in his group - who would have been excited sticking a shot to a foot - who was clearly excited and accepted congratulations and a hefty post-round bar tab. After the round the kid who saw the AK kick it in went up to him and said "I saw what you did on 11." AK replies "what? The ace?" Kid says, "I saw you kick it in," and the ass kisser laughed and said "you do what you gotta to do make money."
This makes me sick. I've lost total respect for the guy. I'm no saint out there. None of us are. In your average rounds we all toss balls from rough to fairways and in average rough players always have good lies. If we get sticks or it's tournament play, we play it all straight but most of the 15-25 handicaps prefer if we double check to make sure if a ball is there and replace it on top of the grass instead of two inches deep in it.
But what this kid crossed that line. In the past I've congratulated him on big days, defending him against people who really don't like his style, but right now I have no respect for him. To do that to a guy is awful because you're robbing someone of a moment that should be special and if a player or member or anyone except another caddie saw him do it, it's a huge black eye for all of us.
Part of me wants to tell my boss, another part of me says just tell the kid I heard the story, tell him he's bull**** and we're done.
So what's the way to go here?
And I get this sounds trivial, but anyone who calls himself a golfer has to get chills reading about a fabricated ace.
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