Who's Your Caddy? : Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf

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Summary: Some good, if unspectacular, stuff.
Review: I agree with the previous reviewer who lamented the inclusion of some very questionable material in this book. I simply do not care to learn any details about John Daly's private parts. Having said that, I did find some parts of the book enjoyable. Learning who the nice guys are (e.g., Tom Lehman, Casey Martin) and who the not so nice are (e.g., Tommy Aaron pre-vodkas) was fun. And the inclusion of non-pros such as Bob Newhart was a good touch. Overall, I'd rate this as good, but not a classic.

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Summary: Light, Funny, Good for Non Golfers
Review: I am hooked on the game myself, but am going to give copies to non-playing friends. It is just an extremely well-written, interesting and funny book about people and places.

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Summary: great book
Review: I am not what you would consider a advid reader, but I was able to get through this book in two days. Its a very easy book to read and the stories are great especially Daly's. I highly recommend it if you follow golf at all and even if you don't you still might like it.

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Summary: Very Funny Book!
Review: I found this book to be a quick read (took me a weekend to read 250+ pages) and very enjoyable. I give it four stars on account of the people that Reilly interviewed while he walked the loop with them. My personal favorite was just how much of a redneck John Daly was. I cannot begin to explain some of this man's humor in life unless you read this book. After reading this book, you also realize just how nice Tom Lehman and Casey Martin are, and just how full of themselves Jack Nickalus and Donald Trump are. I found most the humor to be very good, but it just lacked the hook to really pull me in. There were some good moments though, including Reilly's constant problems with the golf bag and how easily he pisses golfers off. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick laugh and one who wants to get an insight on walking with some of the pros on the PGA, but I also found that this book wouldn't win the "Most Humorous Book of the Year" award. A good read for most, especially fans of SI and Reilly's work.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I love Reilly's work for the most part, but this is the same, tired joke, over and over. He repeats the same lines ad infinitum (just count how often he cites "spam"). The only good essay was on Casey Martin. The rest was just repetition.

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Summary: Good but not Great
Review: I loved John Feinstein's "A Good Walk Spoiled" (although I didn't like his follow-up all that much--"Open--Inside the Ropes at Bethpage) so I think that book set a very high standard for golf books. "Who's Your Caddy" has some terrific chapters but the book is spoiled by the author's use of a gimmick--he caddies for a blind golfer, a senior golfer, etc. Not sure why he came up with this gimmick when I would think what most readers really want is chapter after chapter of him golfing with great golfers. This lets you have the fun of his caddying with the added fun of getting to know people you want to get to know. So I only read half the book, picking the few chapters I liked, like the Lehman chapter.

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Summary: HEY RICK, WHEN IS THE SEQUEL????
Review: I'll admit it, I'm a golf nut. I even belong to the golf nuts society. I just can't get enough golf!!! At the same time, I am tired of reading about instructions and golf getaways and etc. I want to know what goes on inside the minds of the golfers I watch week after week. Who's Your Caddy gives you that and so much more. This book takes the reader on a pleasant journey through the personalities of such greats as Jack Nickalas and Tommy Armour and provides a candid look at other well knowns like David Duvall, John Daly, Casey Martin and Tom Lehman. Perhaps the most intriguing chapters are those of the Blind Golfer, Jill McGill and Donald Trump. Rick Reilly has done a spectacular job getting inside the minds and provides the reader with an indepth look and what so many call -- Golf Robots. Its a fun and easy read. Guaranteed to please anyone who loves the game!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Approach to Jill McGill chapter ruins book
Review: I'm a big fan of Rick Reilly - I'm a long-time (25+ years) SI reader who reads it backwards (i.e., I always go to Reilly's column first). However, I was very disappointed with "Who's Your Caddy?" It's a great idea in concept, but while I certainly admire Reilly's gumption in getting some of the great gigs he describes in the book, "Caddy" is tripped up and sent into a messy pratfall by the writer's juvenile chapter on LPGA star Jill McGill.

McGill probably thought that having Reilly as a caddy would result in good exposure for the LPGA (which, let's face it, needs it). Instead, she gets sandbagged by the author, and has to spend a good portion of her time fending off Reilly's obessesion (not too true strong of a word here) with the sexual preferences of the tour's fans and two of its top players. When Ms. McGill saw the way this chapter turned out in print, I guarantee you she was sick to her stomach and spent many hours apologizing to her fellow players.

There are lots of other profiles in 'Caddy' that would otherwise be worthy of praise and comment. In other circumstances, those would be what I remember and share here. But Reilly's poor sportsmanship towards the LPGA has spoiled the work as a whole.


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Summary: funny stuff!
Review: i'm not a big golfer or fan, but i enjoy a good read and i'm a big jim rome fan. i heard reilly promoting his book on in the jungle and promptly ordered 2 copies, one for me and one for my dad. we both enjoyed the heck out of it! buy this book, it's funny and insightful.

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Summary: The great chapters carry the day over the dullards - read it
Review: I've enjoyed Rick Reilly's writing for years and this book adds to that history. Rick is a solid writer by all standards, but the area where I believe he really distinguishes himself is in writing inspirational pieces. In this book, that pattern is continued through the chapter in which Rick caddies for Bob Andrews, the blind golfer. If that chapter doesn't touch you, you need to reevaluate what you're doing.

The book also includes solid chapters about Rick caddying for Jill McGill, John Daly and Tommy Aaron. I could easily have skipped some of the others - Tom Lehman and David Duval had to have been two of the dullest possible options from the pro golfer ranks and is anybody really as interested in Donald Trump as he is in himself? But, you have to take the mediocre to get to the really good in this book, and the really good here is truly exceptional. Skip the dullards if you like, but at least read the best chapters. They're solid gold.