What it takes to be a PGA Tour caddie

You don't have to be a great golfer to become a professional caddie, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Former professional caddie Michael Collins gives us the low down on what it takes to caddie for the best golfers in the world. Following is a transcript of the video.

Michael Collins: You don't have a written agreement with your player. So a player literally can fire you at will and then you are done, you're out of work. So it's an extremely volatile job that's out there. A lot of people think, oh it's so glamorous, and it's really not.

I caddied on the PGA Tour for 10 years, on and off. The way that I got into caddying was totally by accident. I was doing stand-up comedy, and started hanging out where the tour was, and doing shows when the tour was gonna be in the town, so I could perform. One of the guys that I got to be good friends with, Robert Gomez, called me one day and said, I'm not having fun on the golf course, would you caddie for me? So I did, and I fell in love with caddying. So, then I wanted to keep doing it.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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