Tipping golf caddy

[damworker2]

What is the average tip for golf caddies?

[CGW]

Keep your eye on the ball?

Learn to read the greens

& earn about 300 Baht?

[damworker2]

300 thanks

 

[topt]

21 minutes ago, damworker2 said:

300 thanks

 

And please keep as an "average". If the caddy is unhelpful or just new and not very knowledgable please tip accordingly - IE a bit lower.

[catman20]

18 hours ago, damworker2 said:

300 thanks

 

Many years ago it was 200 and farangs wanted the caddies to like them so they use to give a lot more same with the bar girls when they were 500.

Farangs messed the whole job up here by always tipping too much now the rates of exchange have changed and no one can afford golf or bar girls.

[metisdead]

An inflammatory post has been removed. 

 

For tipping the caddy, tip the same as the caddy fee or slightly lower if the caddy services are not too good. 

[chingmai331]

In a restaurant, i do not penalize the server if the food is crap.  Same on the golf course.  All my caddies get the same, but depending whether i'm riding a buggy or not.  

She's pulling a trolley for the 7km = 340 baht.  If she's driving the buggy = 300 baht.  Only up would be an eagle or H-I-O. 

Really, the caddy has no influence on my golf game. 

[Denim]

Are caddys compulsory ? Can you pull your own clubs ?

[cardinalblue]

In a Thai restaurant, what tip? 

 

I follow local custom protocol....

[Old Croc]

10% of your winnings, unless your name is Kucher.

[fulhamster]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

Are caddys compulsory ? Can you pull your own clubs ?

Yes they are compulsory, at least on all courses around Pattaya.

And some courses have made it mandatory to have a buggy, even if you want to walk.

And you can't share them, one to a buggy so the caddy is your driver.

 

Try walking at courses that will allow it, after 3 or 4 holes the caddy will be lagging behind with a bad leg or "tired" hoping you will shell out for a cart.

[Lacessit]

I look at the recommended tip that all the clubs here will either publish, or tell me if I ask. I then pay about 50% more, e.g. 350 baht on an 18 hole recommended tip of 240 baht. That's because I was a caddie myself as a kid. I got the tightarses and the generous ones as well, so I know the feeling.

I very rarely get a poor caddie. I usually cut them some slack, as it's mostly inexperience. I'll also make low-key suggestions on doing things better. All I ask is they keep up with me, hand me the club I ask for, and stand in the correct position when I play my shot.

IMHO many golfers here would not know the difference between a good and bad caddie. There are some really good ones.

 

 

[topt]

2 hours ago, metisdead said:

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For tipping the caddy, tip the same as the caddy fee or slightly lower if the caddy services are not too good. 

Yes you can if you want. However some courses now the caddy fee is 450 baht. The minimum caddy fee around Pattaya (other than Navy) is 330 baht with most 350.

It is meant to be a tip after all 

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, topt said:

Yes you can if you want. However some courses now the caddy fee is 450 baht. The minimum caddy fee around Pattaya (other than Navy) is 330 baht with most 350.

It is meant to be a tip after all 

Cheaper up North. The upfront green fee paid includes a caddy component. There are a couple of courses where management keeps the fee component which is supposed to go to the caddy, so they are solely reliant on the tip for income. Bastards.

Usual recommended tip in Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai is 120/240 baht, 9/18 holes. 300 at Santiburi.

[topt]

58 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

10% of your winnings, unless your name is Kucher.

With my current game the caddy would have to pay me 

 

A good point though is that if you play badly you should not take it out on the caddy tip as long as she does her job to an acceptable standard.

I do however find it irritating if a caddy starts asking for 20/50 baht if you get a birdie - especially when her read on the putt wasn't even correct! 

[topt]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

There are a couple of courses where management keeps the fee component which is supposed to go to the caddy, so they are solely reliant on the tip for income.

That is downright nasty. I think on most courses around Pattaya they keep only 50 baht or so and the rest goes to the caddy - from what I was able to discover some years ago.

[dotpoom]

"In a restaurant, i do not penalize the server if the food is crap."

   Not what the conversation is about here.       People are suggesting if the caddy is "not up to par" then maybe give them a bit less than the average. They are not suggesting if it is a bad golf course then give the caddy a bit less?  

[Lacessit]

21 minutes ago, topt said:

With my current game the caddy would have to pay me 

 

A good point though is that if you play badly you should not take it out on the caddy tip as long as she does her job to an acceptable standard.

I do however find it irritating if a caddy starts asking for 20/50 baht if you get a birdie - especially when her read on the putt wasn't even correct! 

Agree. I pay my caddy the same irrespective of whether I've played well or badly.

Perhaps the payment for birdie custom has spread from Indonesia, where it's obligatory. I once had a caddy there mistreat my clubs after I missed a short putt for birdie.

Thankfully, the custom hasn't spread up North.

A Japanese couple I played with recently were upset because the caddy asked for extra after they had given the regulation tip. I told them the caddy was well out of order.

 

[rumbo1]

I really love all the bullshit on this forum , and yes i play golf 4 times a week mmmmmmmmmmmm cadies and tips , caddies should be optional

 

[natway09]

I have a great regular caddie ,,, paid her 500 Bht all last year & put it up to 600 Bht this year,,,

no extras for birdies etc but sometimes buy a drink at halfway.

But I am not Irish

[BobbyL]

I play 2 - 3 times a month in and around Bangkok. I always give them the same as what the caddy fee was at the clubhouse. I have not idea what % they get from that fee. 

 

For example on Saturday the caddy fee to the club was 300, I then gave her 300 at the end of the round. I will also buy them a drink on the way round too.

 

I don't really care how good or bad they are as I prefer to choose the clubs myself based on my yardages and I also like take my own score so I can keep count of stableford points and putts etc. Therefore she is only pulling the trolley. 

 

I certainly miss the joys and ease of playing in the UK where I didn't need a caddy or was always paired up with other players on my round with my mate ????

[bkk6060]

On 2/19/2019 at 7:29 AM, catman20 said:

 

Farangs messed the whole job up here by always tipping too much now the rates of exchange have changed and no one can afford golf or bar girls.

False.

The course I played this afternoon had 250 players today. So, I guess some of us can still afford it.....

[bkk6060]

On 2/20/2019 at 10:20 AM, BobbyL said:

I play 2 - 3 times a month in and around Bangkok. I always give them the same as what the caddy fee was at the clubhouse. I have not idea what % they get from that fee. 

 

For example on Saturday the caddy fee to the club was 300, I then gave her 300 at the end of the round. I will also buy them a drink on the way round too.

 

 

They keep all the caddy fee and tip.

So, if you pay 300 fee and 300 tip that is obviously 600 b for mostly a 5 hour day max.

The course I play in CM I tee off around 630 am and finish by 10 am.

600 b not bad for Thai standards 3 1/2 hours.

[catman20]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

False.

The course I played this afternoon had 250 players today. So, I guess some of us can still afford it.....

cheap charlie course ? please name the course

i can still afford to play golf but thats not point,

 

the point i am trying to make is when you go into big c and your shopping is 1800 baht do you give 2000 baht and say keep the change cos you like the cashier ?

[lelapin]

Depends on what course you are playing and whether you have a regular caddy. I was a member at Siam Country Club and caddy fee was 450 baht - I gave 400 tip and an extra 100 baht if I got to within 2 of my handicap. Used to make the back 9 more exciting for caddy and also more enjoyable for me. Seeing her face on the last green when I had just sunk a long putt for 34 points was great.

If you are the type of person who will query whether her prescence had helped me sink it and therefore justify her extra 100 baht, I would say GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

[Jajazazajaja]

500 unless the caddy shits her pants on the 15th hole and runs away.

 

(this happened at Thana City)

[Lacessit]

21 minutes ago, Jajazazajaja said:

500 unless the caddy shits her pants on the 15th hole and runs away.

 

(this happened at Thana City)

I've had a caddy in our group become ill from something she had for breakfast. Nothing as drastic as that, though. My caddy pulled two sets of clubs that day.

[Lacessit]

On 3/2/2019 at 9:14 PM, catman20 said:

cheap charlie course ? please name the course

i can still afford to play golf but thats not point,

 

the point i am trying to make is when you go into big c and your shopping is 1800 baht do you give 2000 baht and say keep the change cos you like the cashier ?

That's one hell of a point. The cashier is working for you for 4 - 5 hours over 18 holes ?

[Bassosa]

Caddies are part of the reason I lost interest in golf in Thailand. Huge hassle. Hard to get a good rythm going when the caddie is everywhere but in the right place. Still waiting for the first course here in Chiang Mai to make them optional.

[Lacessit]

34 minutes ago, Bassosa said:

Caddies are part of the reason I lost interest in golf in Thailand. Huge hassle. Hard to get a good rythm going when the caddie is everywhere but in the right place. Still waiting for the first course here in Chiang Mai to make them optional.

Excuse me? AFAIK caddies are optional on any course in Chiang Mai if you choose to walk. Most courses require a caddy if one is taking a motorized cart.

In golf, blaming the caddy or the course for poor performance is a copout. Truth is you probably lost interest in golf because you didn't enjoy playing badly.