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

You just want to keep reading. Great stories about players, celebs, and a jackass past president. Anyone who knows the sport will love this.

Not a fan of golf really but I found this book to be very interesting and funny. If you have someone in your life who is a golf fan - get this for them - it's a good read.

I very much liked being able to pick this book up and put it down. I take it with me when I know I will have a wait and Rick Reilly's writing style is very easy to read.

I'm not a golfer, I bought this for my husband who is. However we did have this lying around one day so I picked it up and started reading. I really enjoyed the chapters for people that I recognized but I'm sure I lost some of the inside jokes had I known who some of the other people were. All in all though I found it a good read the whole way through.

A really fun read, giving an insight into the lives of these celebrity characters.

I was really pleased with Reilly's effort here. After initially hearing the author shilling the book on Jim Rome back when it was first released on hardcover, I never had much of an inclination to read it. I've found the bits of Reilly's work that I've read in SI often too sentimental and too snarky.In the meantime I have picked up a fairly serious interest in golf, and when I stumbled across the book again, I thought I would pick it up. "Who's Your Caddy?" won me over and proved that I had been haboring a number of misconceptions.First, you needn't be a golfer to enjoy the work. There are some moments where Reilly sinks into golf-speak of the kind that I think every weekend player grows tired of by about the second tee when you're out playing with that clown from work or the brother-in-law who's sporting a [...] putter, [...] irons, and a $1 million ego because he's a 4 handicapper. But, the book mostly takes a trip around the course that is accessible to golf novices. Especially when Reilly joins amateurs like Donald Trump (I've always wanted to find a way to plausibly refer to Trump as an amaetur) and Deepak Chopra for a round, the story moves quickly and humorously.Reilly even convinced me that he isn't the guy I would have thought he had to be after reading his SI work. Like the [...], naked under his raincoat, Reilly can't seem to help himself from unleashing overweight sarcastic sidebars. These inhibit the best parts of the story, but with a self-depricating twist that ususally leaves him as his own target, these diversions actually contained some redeeming moments.Finally, he does descend into melodrama (the typical golf schlock type stuff, i.e. golf is the great game that challenges your will and quickens your mind and personifies American freedom), but only very rarely, and that restraint rescues the book from what might have become the nonfiction take on Bagger Vance.Other reviews are right on target, this is not the kind of Updike, Heinz, etc. sports writing that actually captures the humanity and value of sports on paper - its silliness. But, on a summer afternoon when you'd rather save the $250 in greens fees and lost balls, this book should do the trick.

Great fun

First and foremost, this book is funny! As many other reviewers have mentioned, Reilly is a hilarious writer, and this book is great for relaxation or entertainment. Each chapter basically contains an account of the author's experiences caddying for various famous people. Of course, a considerable number are professional golfers (both male and female), but quite a few are famous for other crafts and instead play golf recreationally.What I found most interesting about this book is the insight he provides in the inner world of golf. We find out information about the professional tours that you really can't pick up from the television or newspaper. This book gives you an idea of what it's like to actually be around professional golfers and the world they live in. The conceit of being a caddy is used to great effect since the caddy is the closest person to a player when he or she is on the course.Most golfers would thoroughly enjoy this book, but Reilly writes in an approachable and eminently readable fashion, so it's likely a great many non-golfers would find this book a fun read. If you have even a passing interest in the world of golf, get this book!

Funniest book I have read in a long time! AND he learned something important from every golfer he looped for.

A wonderful, funny, caring, perceptive book from a hacker taking a caddy’s place. And beautifully written in addition. Definitely worth reading.

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Bought this for the golfer in the family and he couldn't put it down. He loved it. Excellent condition and seller thoroughly recommend

Really enjoyed this book which had laugh out loud moments. If you don't or have never played golf I think it would be difficult to get the humour element. The writing is excellent and different story lines with high profile individuals make the book for me.If you enjoy playing golf this is a definite book for you, I really enjoyed it.