Golf & Strategy


Caddies Advise Golfers. Who Advises Top Executives?

Pro golfers employ high-paid caddies who likely know the game as well as them in terms of technical details, even if the caddie could not win a championship tournament. Sometimes golfers, like business leaders, refuse to listen and end up paying a high price.
-By Vincent Pane

Pro golfer John Rahm was leading at the Players Championship March 17, 2019, at TPC Sawgrass when he and his caddie had a discussion about a second shot on the par-5 11th hole where he encountered a fairway bunker. Caddie Adam Hayes advised Rahm to "lay up" or play conservatively. Instead, Rahm decided a lay up would create a more difficult next shot, so he went against his caddie's ad....