[Overkill]

Can't believe that this thread has been dormant for so long. A true treasure trove of knowledge pertaining to playing the game as opposed to swinging the club.

Hoping Bennyhogan and Overkill (is that you nickname on tour?) still looks over us poor hackers, I will chime in with a few questions of my own.

1) How do you know that the chemistry with a player is gone?

2) If you are the first to detect it, will you seek employment elsewhere? (taking one for the team kind of approach)

3) Is crowd control more difficult at certain venues, or is it more depending on your status on the leaderboard?

4) If you have looped at a links course, how does it differ from a normal tourney?

5) Have you looped outside the US? How was that?

K

Happy New Year All

Thank you for the kind words; 'Overkill' is my nickname on Tour; it either has something to do with the fact that I was a Cop for over 30 years, or my prep. work, or my stat work or my detailing or something.

Sorry for the long nap, but I have been busy visiting here there and everywhere for the last while. However, it is now back to golf (work???) and I am leaving for the West Coast on Friday.

Your questions:

1. Here are some signs: When you as a caddie start tune him out; when you allow your player to do things that you know are low %; when your player seems to find something wrong or questions everything you do; when you or your player doesn't seem to care what the other is doing; and when it is no longer fun to come to work///


2. In the last 10 years I have only really detected it with one player and I quit after Westchester. I told him that we were not working together as a team and that staying together was not going to do either one of us any good. I still work with him from time to time, in fact I went to final stage of Eurp. Q school with him last year and he finished in the top 10.

3. I usually find Crowd control more of a problem when there are only a few people around; every little noise stands out and often, it seems no one is paying much attention to what is going on.


4. Yes; the biggest problem I have with links courses is the fact that with split tees, when you start on the back 9, you must leave for the tee at least 30 min. before your tee time. Your player cools down, gets bored, or becomes pissed off, etc. Pebble Beach is one of the worst for me.


5. Yes, several times; British Opens are great, they treat caddies like real people////