Your daughter gets in the ANWA do you caddy?

Tough to say .. My daughter and I play a lot of golf together.. and we see the courses typically the same , read greens similar and have similar playing styles..

Yeah, it would be nice to have someone who's seen the course a lot but if they do gel well together that could be a bit of an issue... how big who knows.. Golf is hard

Yeah I'd say relatives caddying has everything to do with comfort. Mental part of this game is somewhat hard for a young kid to grasp. Trust I've watched mine play competitive golf for 3 years now and the mental part is probably her biggest hurdle.

Would definitely be nice to have someone that knows the course walk with us on a practice round mainly for and extra set of eyes on things we wouldn't know about the course..

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Do the ladies just get the Friday practice round or can they come to Augusta a couple of times once they are qualified for the ANWA?

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Not even the pro men can come and play Augusta National besides masters weeks. When you hear kf rory or tiger playing in advance they are with a member as their guest

I'd want to caddy for her because it would be something we would be able to cherish for the rest of our lives.

Caveat: that assumes I normally caddie for her and we worked well together.

Caveat 2: that assumes she wasn't actually trying to win the tournament. If you are trying to win the tournament, you take an ANGC caddie. There is no way you can watch the masters and take one practice round and know the course well enough to be a quality caddie.

One of my daughters friend played in ANWA - and made the cut AT 15 years old! Dad caddied for first two rounds - Augusta caddy for last round.

Winds were the difficult part of caddying at champions retreat especially on Day 2…

Seems like local course knowledge makes a huge difference

My older daughter has found the perfect caddy for her and she likes to use him when she can - it would be a hard call for something like ANWA - but I’d be very happy to be in the position to have that kind of stress :)

Meh. Would be on her bag 100 percent and would make sure I did my job of being able to calm her down etc. Unless there was a horse whisperer that I knew would be her caddy.

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I’ve found teenage girls generally are annoyed by few people more than their father

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and (myself included) I find that involved dads during tournaments cost their kid 2-4 strokes per tournament round - I’ve seen really bad dads that cost many more

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Unfortunately, this is me. I feel as though I ruined his love for baseball by being involved. I helped coach and I am too competitive to be on the sidelines or in between the ropes. My son played baseball since he was 8, got to high school and after his sophomore year quit. I'm sure me dissecting his every move and thought didn't help at all not to mention that the high school went through 4 coaches in 4 years, a lot of turmoil to go along with a overbearing dad. He started playing golf the summer of his freshman year and is on the high school team. I go ahead of him and watch his shot land then proceed to the green to do the same. I try not to say a word to him during his tournaments or after unless he brings it up. We play a lot together so that is fun as well, he is much better than me so I can't really say anything about his play. I do find myself mumbling things to myself while he's playing, that's the main reason I try and stay ahead of him. He doesn't need to hear me say, damn it when he hits a bad shot, or why did you hit that club when there's water short of the green. These are things, course management wise, that he needs to figure out on his own and talk it over with his coach and not hear it from me. I just want him to play his best but I get too emotionally involved with every shot, it's not good for him or me. I hate that I'm like that and I really try to keep my emotions intact but it's a struggle. I know golf is extremely hard and that he's doing his best and that's what I've got to remember. Go ahead and downvote away for me being a piece of crap dad who lives through his kids athletic events.

I do think there’s a difference between a professional caddy and a parent who just caddies in junior tournaments.

I’d definitely have them for a practice round and then depending on how things go keep them on the bag for the regular round.