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Caddie:
Caddie (caddy) is the person who assists a golfer on the course. Typical duties for a caddie include:
- carrying a bag with golf clubs and player’s stuff,
- cleaning golf clubs and the ball in play,
- offering the player advice (e.g. choosing the right golf club and/or line of play, yardage calculations),
- observing the ball’s flight and finding lost balls,
- performing any course maintenance that is the player’s responsibility (repairing divots, raking bunkers etc.),
- taking the flag out and putting it back into the cup,
- moral support.
Other name: looper.