Caddies make a living in a profession where the boss doesn’t have to give two-weeks’ notice. To make it to Augusta National, a caddie has done something right to steer their player to victory or satisfying one of the other qualifying standards. All that hard work results in a bag at the Masters this week. For the latest Golfweek Masters survey we asked pros to name the most helpful thing a caddie ever did for them at the Masters. There’s a real good mix in the answers but none of them compare to three-time Green Jacket winner Gary Player, who had this to say: “That was Nipper in 1961 when I beat (Arnold) Palmer to win my first green jacket. On the fourth hole, I had a six-footer for par. He said right lip and I thought left lip. We conversed and Nipper said if it’s not right you don’t have to pay me. So, I hit it right lip and it went in. We went on to win.”
Nothing like a caddie putting his money where his mouth is to help his boss secure the title.