Caddie Pricing

[madgolfer]

Caddie fee has gone up to 300bht at most courses in Pattaya now. A few questions...how much of the 300 does the caddie get ? Do they get a salary and what we pay as a caddie fee go towards that...??? How does it all work...caddie comes to work waits arround half the day ... doesn't get a job...goes home empty handed ???....do they have a roster...get a job then go to the end of the que ???

Is being a caddie a reasonably well paid job....get X from the caddie fee and then picks up a tip of somewhere on average between say 200-400 bht...???

Is a caddie tip a tip for good service or an unwritten requirement ?

If so what would be then the tip for a caddie ....and we have all had them....on the phone...lags behind....sullen faced... ...the type that would barely rate as a bag carrier ?

The post is not about being a cheap Charlie but what is a fair days pay for a caddie ????

I tip between 200-300 bht because that's what others I play with do.....the shocker of a caddie still gets 200 bht .....

Thanks in advance....

[Forethat]

It differs from course to course, but the caddie usually gets 55-65% of the caddie fee. They might not get a flight, meaning they wait for hours for free. They can usually get back in line after a completed round, I doubt it pays off very often though. I know caddies who regularly makes 30k/month, but the norm is probably more in the region of 10k, depending on the tips. The rainy season is pretty much crap from their perspective. Courses with night golf tend to have separate day- and night caddies

[madgolfer]

It differs from course to course, but the caddie usually gets 55-65% of the caddie fee. They might not get a flight, meaning they wait for hours for free. They can usually get back in line after a completed round, I doubt it pays off very often though. I know caddies who regularly makes 30k/month, but the norm is probably more in the region of 10k, depending on the tips. The rainy season is pretty much crap from their perspective. Courses with night golf tend to have separate day- and night caddies

So compared to the minimum wage 300bht as I understand it ....say 60% of the 300 = 180 and a 250 bht tip.....about 430bht...seems about right considering some days they wait arround and get nothing.....

[PattayaParent]

There is a roster of caddies, they don't work every day unless someone specifically books them for a day they are not due to work on.

The caddy fee paid covers what the caddy gets paid plus the rent of the trolley (120 baht), if you take a cart the caddy gets the full caddy fee.

Only caddies that have had an early start are likely to be able to join the queue and get another customer in the afternoon.

No work means no pay for the day.

That's how it was all explained to me by my regular caddy at Phoenix some years ago.