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Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf
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by Rick Reilly
Sales Rank: 13687
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List Price: $14.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
Published by: Broadway May 4, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0767917405
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0767917407
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 7.2 ounces
Product Review
To really know someone, as the saying goes, you must walk a mile in their shoes. But to really understand a golfer, you've got to work as their caddy. Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly managed to get some very intriguing golfers to let him lug their bag and write what he learned both about the game and the folks who play it. Going hole to hole with them let Reilly know a different side of veterans such as John Daly, David Duval, Tom Lehman, and Jack Nicklaus. But Reilly also went beyond the pros to caddy for Deepak Chopra, Donald Trump, professional gambler Dewey Tomko, and Bob Newhart. In some cases, the portraits that emerge fall directly in line with the popular image but at other times it's just the opposite. Daly is sober but has shifted his addiction to massive amounts of Diet Coke, candy, and marriages; Duval is intensely driven during rounds but surprisingly laid back and friendly off the course; Chopra's inner peace is locked in a mortal battle with the inherent frustrations of golf; and Trump manages to be both an egomaniac and a pretty nice fellow. And although he's on assignment to profile his temporary employers, Reilly emerges as an entertaining figure in his own right as he commits numerous faux pas, breaks taboos, infuriates multiple golfers and caddies, accidentally dumps all of Nicklaus's clubs onto the turf in the middle of a round, and discovers that caddying is tougher than it looks. Reilly walks a nice line with the tone of Who's Your Caddy?: it's reverent to the game without becoming a misty-eyed poetic ode, and it's laugh-out-loud funny without being nasty or low brow. And while golf fans will certainly appreciate it, Who's Your Caddy? is an impressive book for fans of biography in general. --John Moe
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Hilarious misadventures, catty gossip and downright embarrassing facts are only part of the appeal of this deftly written journal by Sports Illustrated writer Reilly (Missing Links). Caddying for a golf pro just might be every amateur golfer's dream. Reilly managed to talk 11 players, media personalities and one infamous gambler into letting him follow them inside the ropes, even though he had no experience as a caddy and showed that fact so many times that John Daly nicknamed him "Dumbshit." Consider spilling Jack Nicklaus's clubs out onto the wet ground, just as he asks you for a new ball. Or leaving David Duval's golf clubs in the locker room overnight (the ones he won the British Open with) and not being able to find them the next morning. Self-help guru Deepak Chopra recently took up the game and proved that although he may be able to control the aging process, hitting driver is beyond his mystical powers. Reilly gets serious while carrying Casey Martin's bag, the pro golfer who sued the PGA Tour for the right to ride a golf cart during tournaments (Martin suffers from a rare leg disorder that makes every step excruciatingly painful). Billionaire Donald Trump, comedian Bob Newhart, gorgeous LPGA pro Jill McGill, Tom Lehman (there's a "Jimmy Stewart decency about him"), legendary gambler Dewey Tomko and blind golfer Bob Andrews round out the field and provide Reilly ample inspiration for a truly funny, don't-miss read.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf (Hardcover)
Rick Reilly says that he wanted to do a Plimpton and see what it is like to be inside the ropes as a caddy for pro and celebrity golfers. He talked various big names (e.g. Nicklaus, Daly, Lehman, Trump)into a short-term caddy hitch. Unlike Plimpton, Reilly does not spend much time recording his own struggles and observations, which in his case is probably a good thing. Essentially this book is a collection of interviews and anecdotes collected with a bag on his shoulder. Apparently Reilly is a big shot sportswriter at Sports Illustrated (I switched to a better barber shop and haven't seen SI in ten years) and has received a number of awards for his writing. I wouldn't have thought it. In the current volume he sprays pseudo-Southern similies like a drunken Dan Rather and plain wore out this pore old reader by the middle of the book. Is it all bad? No,not at all. A fascinating chapter on high stakes golf gamblers covered new territory and the John Daly chapter was a more gentle and revealing account than usual. The translations of caddy-jabber are fun. Get this book for your next flight across the country. Its perfect at 35,000ft.
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