thumb| Phil Mickelson consults with his longtime caddy [[Jim "Bones" Mackay at Muirfield Village Golf Club in 2014.]] thumb|right|A caddie plies his trade. thumb|right|Imaginative drawing by journalist Marguerite Martyn of a couple at the Forest Park Golf Course, Forest Road, Missouri, in 1914, while a caddie leans against a tree. thumb|A golf caddie, 1790, by Lemuel Francis Abbott In golf, a caddie (or caddy) is a companion to the player, providing both practical support and strategic guidance on the course. Caddies are responsible for carrying the player’s bag, managing clubs, and assisting
thumb| Phil Mickelson consults with his longtime caddy [[Jim "Bones" Mackay at Muirfield Village Golf Club in 2014.]] thumb|right|A caddie plies his trade. thumb|right|Imaginative drawing by journalist Marguerite Martyn of a couple at the Forest Park Golf Course, Forest Road, Missouri, in 1914, while a caddie leans against a tree. thumb|A golf caddie, 1790, by Lemuel Francis Abbott In golf, a caddie (or caddy) is a companion to the player, providing both practical support and strategic guidance on the course. Caddies are responsible for carrying the player’s bag, managing clubs, and assisting with basic course maintenance like repairing divots and raking bunkers. Caddies may also offer insight on course strategy, such as club selection, reading greens, and evaluating weather conditions.
Other nicknames for the role are looper or jock.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).