caddie

American  

[kad-ee] / ˈkæd i /

Or caddy

noun

1. Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.

2. a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.

3. caddie cart.

4. any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects.

   a luggage caddie.

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verb (used without object)

caddied, caddying

1. to work as a caddie.

caddie British  

/ ˈkædɪ /

noun

1. golf an attendant who carries clubs, etc, for a player

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verb

1. (intr) to act as a caddie

Etymology

Origin of caddie

1625–35; earlier cadee, variant of cadet < French; cadet

Example Sentences

Pinehurst also equips every caddie and every golf cart with GPS trackers, the better to know precisely how play is progressing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

To mark the 40th anniversary of his final championship, Nicklaus brought his caddie back Thursday from the 1986 win: his son, Jackie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Both Rory and his caddie Harry Diamond have a large print of this.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The Northern Ireland star, who had struggled all week to get to grips with Riviera's challenging greens, said his main reaction was to tell his caddie "it saves us from putting."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

He eyed my cross-eyed caddie with a supercilious smirk, I tried to set my features, and my nerves, like any flint; But my "knicker'd" knees were knocking as I wildly set to work.

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various