![]() So it’s something that you really have to dive in full-time and put in your hours but then also realize for the next year or two, I’m not going to make any money, so you kind of need some money saved up to get into the pro thing.” Working in the parking lot and stuff like that are other ways to get in the door as well, but it’s a catch 22 because you can’t really make that much money. Others start on the ladies Tour or Korn Ferry Tour. “A lot of guys I know start on Monday qualifiers and see if someone needs a caddie there. “You want to learn quickly what pros want from you as far as information goes, and that knowledge can only be gained basically by caddying for pros themselves,” Bestor said. He also knows there are quite a few ways to get to the PGA Tour. There was a player that needed a caddie in Los Angeles early in the year and they hooked me up with a job because they knew I was around the game a lot.”īestor learned professional caddying’s ropes by taking that opportunity on the LPGA Tour and appreciated that avenue. “I was working at a course in Palm Springs as a club caddie and trying to play on Tour myself and there were a couple of guys who caddied on the ladies Tour professionally and then in the wintertime they worked in the desert at my club just to supplement their income. I was always around the game and played in school and had a good knowledge base,” Bestor said. ![]() “I get asked that a lot and there’s a bunch of different avenues.
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