I just saw this video for the first time today. Since I don’t watch golf, I didn’t know that the caddies race each other. The reason this was in the sports news, was that the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) decided to ban the caddy races, because it is a distraction, and the races are unbecoming to caddies. That’s typical for golf. I guess the movie Caddyshack wasn’t based on actual caddy behavior. When I saw the video below, my first reaction was that this was the best thing to come to golf…ever!
Then right after seeing it, I found out the PGA has banned what to me almost makes golf worth watching. I loved both Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore, but I won’t watch a golf telecast, even though I took golf in college. The prospect of seeing caddies race during a lull in the action, seems great to me. Not only should they be allowed to race, but there should be prize money awarded. You could even have caddy race betting. If the golfers want to get in on this, they should be able to also.
However, some rules would need to be instituted. As you can see in the video above, one caddy dropped his bag of clubs, then the other caddy did also. This should be immediate disqualification. A caddy carries clubs, so if they race, they should be carrying the clubs until the last step, where the caddies in the video dove for the green. The PGA is so short-sighted. The caddy races could be big business. The caddy race betting income would be taxed like other gambling income, and it could help to decrease the national debt.
Maybe I’m getting a little carried away here, but the PGA should take the chains off the men who carry the clubs, and Let The Caddies Race!
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