Genuine question - what does a caddie do other than carry a bag of golf bats?
Most caddies will walk the course at least once before a tournament taking notes on yards and how the greens lay.
And remember except the top caddies like Williams all there travel expenses come out of there wedge and it is an incredible amount of traveling they do.
The top caddies earn top dollar....the rest earn a good living and no more and if you saw the weather at both the Scots and British Open it is not always plain sailing.
The top caddies will get paid a retainer like the top jockeys...a yearly salary plus 10%.
To put it into perspective David Howell had a bad year(relatively) last season earning around £300,000.....ten per cent of that isn't that great now is it for his caddie.
