Second and Third of September our host center in Burgundy, France will play its First CaddiePlayer Invitational Pro-Am at Golf Château de Chailly. CaddiePlayer is calling  its register to come and join the 36 holes > 1 Pro - 3 Amateurs team format (Limited to 18 Teams). Pros will get a 1000 EURO + 2 nights in Chateau de Chailly and Amateur a 20% discount on Package fees starting at 584 EURO.

Join us now for a unforgetable moment together! > Booking/Inquiry to > Pro-Am Invitational

• Omega European Masters Champion' 2008 Jeff Lucquin (Center) and his wife Alexandra confirmed to Play.
• Stéphane Barras CaddiePlayer Founder (Right) Launching Pro-Am Communication during the HNA Open de France Paris

CaddiePlayer Nocera and Jacquelin in the Field

Caddies on Tour Blog by Chris Hanson friend of CaddiePlayer

.... "This week I was staying just out of town in a hotel recommended by the caddies. It’s quite a refreshing change staying where the caddies stay and normally nice and cheap. I would say I have a good balance with what I do, sometimes in the players’ hotel, sometimes on my own, and whenever possible with the family.

But it’s great to go out with the caddies – you hear some fantastic stories about some of the game’s greats, some hilarious stories about their own journeys around the world, but also you hear their perspective on the game and what they think of many players from a caddie’s point of view. Who’s disliked, who to avoid, who pays good, who pays bad, who they think are great players etc etc….

Like my coach Mark talks about, caddies also see things with ‘hindsight’…and they don’t have the emotion attached to shots that players have…if they don’t know the player well they just see the shot as the shot.

“It’s 158 yards, hit it at that tree” – simple…or so it should be but as players you are wired slightly differently and see danger in a different light to them. Finding a good caddie is tough (don’t worry Steve, you’re in the good bracket) and some players really struggle. It’s very easy for a caddie to get the blame and normally they are the first one to get the bullet.

I know one player who has had at least 10 caddies this year; that can’t be good for your game but maybe he’s looking for that ‘super caddie’ to transform his game. Caddies lose jobs every week, and there seem to be little milestones throughout the year when there is a big shuffle, such as around Wentworth, and definitely in the next few weeks before the big money Rolex events start. Nobody wants to miss out on playing these events and of course that’s understandable, but I’m sure there will be texts flying around all over the place offering their caddie services to certain players.

Caddies are a huge part of the Tour, they are mandatory, they aren’t allowed to use trolleys (bag weighs 20/30kg), and from a player’s perspective they make life a lot easier, though some would disagree I’m sure!!

My only gripe for them is that sometimes they seem to be ‘mistreated’ or don’t get enough respect for what they bring to the tournament – like I said, they are mandatory and a key part of the event each week. Players ALWAYS get full hospitality, food, drinks, comfort all week, it’s fantastic…but for caddies this sometimes is a privilege, some weeks they get nothing or just food on tournament days. I know this is down to the sponsors/promotors, as it’s an expense for them, but if something was to change I think it would be great for them to get the same privileges as the players, families, managers etc..."

Chris with his Caddie Steve > more about Caddies on TOUR > http://www.chrishansongolf.com/caddies-on-tour-austria-blog/

Times goes but passion stays! I remember back in 1999 invited by the South Africa Tourism Board  visiting Gary Player having tea in his home Ranches and Lob Wedges over is private pitching green. Later on our way to 1904 Stellenbosch Country Club I got to meet and play with back then rare +4 HCP Andrew Plunkett. In the 80's Driving the ball over 300 yds was something almost unreal. Andrew was unreal and later I convince a sponsor to invite Andrew to Switzlerland for an intensive training summer. During that Summer of 1990 Andrew was the attraction of Crans sur Sierre Driving Range. His Power Swing Power Lag was something never seen before.... and after Winning the 1990 Amateur most prestigious Omnium I thought this one is the "One"! Just wait.... 

... I had to wait 27 years not for Andrew Plunkett but for Davide Albertini not quite the same profile but for sure great determination to make a case that with hard and serious work starting golf late can still do great job! And great job Davide did by finishing level Par his best 4 rounds results so far. Most importantly, I could Caddie Davide and get a really close up on his performance capabilities. During our 4 rounds together, we got to paired with 2 players scoring their best round as well, (64 and 62), and this gave me a great "Laboratory" to better understand how two amateurs can score so low and still not win the Omnium... 

Until next time #IamCaddiePlayerStephane

 Note: Olivier Barras was 9 times Omnium Champion > http://www.asg.ch/asg/binarydata/palmares.pdf

When I first launch CaddiePlayer in 2013, my first thoughts were how does it can benefit my own country? as at the first place it’s because of my country Switzerland than I could built such a machine to calculate innovative Swing Score, PuttZones and many more great Data to improve someone's scoring.

To me, as many others, serving our country really means that "I want to be a part of something bigger than myself". In golf, bigger them myself would certainly means seeing a Swiss Citizen playing full time on the European Tour* and be proud every week when I am there, to see the Swiss Flag officially somewhere at the Player Lounge or at the Range. As back then Swiss Players were no where near... The paradox of Swiss Golf is that for some powerful economic reasons Swiss Companies LOGO are in every Major Golf Tournaments but still their citizens TOP Elite Golfers not*.

When early 2014, I contacted the Swiss Golf Authority (ASG) to introduce about the added value from CaddiePlayer, they put me in contact with Joel Girrbach. After receiving 10 rounds (this is a good number of rounds to average the Data), I got impressed by Joel's Data SwingScore at 68,3!  I then immediately inform the ASG.... Today, I am proud to see Joel Girrbach making history by winning last week the Swiss Challenge Tour in Sempach his home Club.

Let’s hope next year The Swiss Flag will finally be back on the European Tour. Until next time, Stéphane

Full Stories:

• http://www.asg.ch/public/professionalnews.cfm?objectid=3706
• https://www.europeantour.com/en/challengetour/tournaments/2017/swiss-challenge-presented-by-asg/joel-girrbach-winner/

*Senior André Bossert is the only Swiss Citizen participating full time on the European Tour Senior