Category: Etiquette


April 30, 2012

Top 100 Teachers: How much to tip at a golf course

Posted at 5:59 PM by Mike Walker

We're tired of our playing partners re-enacting the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs when it's time to tip the forecaddie so we asked the most knowledgeable men and women in golf -- the Golf Magazine Top 100 Teachers in America -- how much you should tip your caddie, forecaddie, locker-room attendant and even the guy who cleans your clubs. Here's what the Top 100 Teachers said:

Caddie_tip

Comments:

"Ask the caddie master what is appropriate for the club you are playing at. They differ."

--Todd Sones, White Deer Golf Course Vernon Hills, Ill.

"Over $100 at high-tier course /$61-$81 at a mid-tier course/$41-$60 at a low-tier course."

--Rod Lidenberg, Prestwick Golf Club Woodbury, Minn.

Forecaddie_forweb

Comments:

"Again ask caddie master, but normal is $30 to $40."

--Todd Sones, White Deer Golf Course Vernon Hills, Ill.

Lockerroom_tip

Comments:

"$5 per pair of shoes."

--Todd Sones, White Deer Golf Course Vernon Hills, Ill.

"$5 if no shoe shine, $ 10 if shoes are shined."

--Jim Murphy Sugar Creek Country Club Sugar Land, Texas

Club_clean_tip_forweb

Comments:

"$3 to $5, depending on how good a job he does."

--Todd Sones, White Deer Golf Course Vernon Hills, Ill.

"$5 to clean clubs and take clubs to car."

--Jim Murphy Sugar Creek Country Club Sugar Land, Texas


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