South African golfer Gary Player pictured with his caddy Alfred 'Rabbit' Dyer during action to win the 1974 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England in July 1974. (Photo by Chris Smith/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Bestselling author John Coyne became a caddie at Midlothian Country Club near Chicago when he was 10 and oversaw the caddie yard as a teenager. Learn about his golf novels at JohnCoyneBooks.com.
I WATCHED (AGAIN) LOOPERS: THE CADDIE'S LONG WALK on a flight returning to New York from London.