Let's take a closer look at the world of golf's caddies.

Brian Keogh takes a closer look at the world of caddies, the few who’ve made millions and the vast majority who live the jet-set lifestyle without the money, or the jet. 

Let's take a closer look at the world of golf's caddies.

Steve Williams’ ludicrous complaints about Tiger Woods treating him like “a slave” during their dozen years together is the kind of sensationalist claptrap that gets caddies a bad name.

No self respecting member of the bag-toting fraternity that was once charged with merely showing up, keeping up and shutting up could ever describe earning more than $10.5m (€9.6m)on the back of helping a golfing genius win 13 of his 14 majors as anything even remotely close to the story of “12 Years A Slave.”

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