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According to the records of St Andrews, behind the word of "caddy" there isa very interesting story: the late 16th century, Mary Queen of Scots is very keen on golf, often from both Scotland and France, she often played with the local Royal . In France, where the royal family, aristocrats like to make in the army cadets "Cadet" to back their bags, so when Mary Queen of Scots returned in 1561, when he brought back with the word home. Some also say that the word was first caddy from the French "le Cadet" evolved, the word means "boy" or the youngest child at home, around 1610, when the word began to spread to the UK, after being reduced to a caddy (Caddie).
The first golf caddy who? It is now circulating in written form the earliest literature shows that His name is Andrew Dixon (1655-1729), lives in Edinburgh near a golf craftsmen do. Although it is an ordinary civilian, but he was the grandson of the Duke of York, Queen Mary, had been a caddy. According to handed down on his record, he ever carriedping k15 driver for York Duke on theLinks course which was a caddie specifically on the modern sense of the concept of golf caddy. And he is also the first one of the earliest to be known as Caddie caddy, according to records, he is also the founder of Golf Club. Now numerous major club caddy, caddy has developed into a respected profession. A great player must have a competent caddy as their great assistants. By the way, caddy is the first person who can enjoy the pleasure when get success.
