Through our readers and social media followers here at The Caddie Network, we often receive questions related to the caddie profession. We’ve collected the most frequently asked questions from our readers and followers and tasked actual PGA Tour caddies to serve up the answers based on their experiences. Here are the answers — from PGA Tour caddies — to the questions we most often receive from you.
The PGA Tour is like a traveling circus. It’s pretty much the same people each week, but in a different city. With all that travel comes plenty of expenses — expenses that caddies obviously have to pay with their own money. While it ranges from city to city, here’s a closer look at what weekly expenses are like — on average — to travel to a Tour stop.
What are weekly expenses like – on average – to travel to a Tour stop?
Expenses are about the amount of your weekly salary (before the bonus). Hotels and airfare are big hits, depending on cities that host the event. Los Angeles will cost more than Moline. Caddies are resourceful, so if their salary is $1,800, they will find ways to stay at that number.
What is constant is that the money goes to the same places every week. Air, hotel, car, food… my expenses on these constants average $1,500 to $2,000. They just fluctuate between themselves. Sometimes you get a good flight, but high room rate. Get what I’m saying? Caddies spend 90 percent of salary on expenses!
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