Sam Foy
Nickname: Killer.
Counted 36 wins during his 45 years with three players and was with Hale Irwin for his 1979 U.S. Open victory. Foy was a boxer in his younger days and claimed to have knocked out Sugar Ray Robinson once when a sparring session turned serious.
Tom Frank
Nickname: Motion.
Longtime LPGA looper got his name from another caddie, who said Frank was always moving.
John Graham
Nickname: Scotchie.
Glasgow, Scotland native was best known as caddie for Mark James and Lee Westwood.
Joe Grillo
Nickname: Gypsy.
It turns out his mom coined the nickname. Before his caddie days, Gypsy Joe was also racing off on his motorcycle. “She’d always say, ‘You’re always gone like a gypsy,’ and it stuck.” Grillo recalls. He caddied for several top pros including Steve Elkington, Jim Simons, Curtis Strange and Jay Haas. An accomplished chef, Grillo later rigged up a motor home and sold meals for caddies and players, creating what he called the Tour’s soup kitchen.
Steven Hale
Nickname: Pepsi.
Known for drinking several Pepsis during a round – and hiding cans around the course.
Dolphus Hall
Nickname: Golf ball.
Hall worked for several prominent players, most notably
Raymond Floyd, who reportedly fired Hull six times, only to watch his wife, Maria Floyd, hire him back each time. The nickname stems from his round eyes, which bulged, especially when he got mad, as big as golf balls.