The dynamic between player and caddie is an interesting one, and for one of Australia’s top players the past few weeks has included another layer as Hannah Green’s husband, Jarryd Felton, stepped in as bagman for the major champion.
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Normally employing the husband of two-time Women’s Australian Open winner, Ashleigh Buhai, Green was forced to start the season without Dave Buhai as he sorts a visa in America, which led to three-time Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia winner Felton taking the role.
It’s a job both player and caddie are quick to outline is a nice change in small doses.
“Good for a limited amount of time,” Felton told Australian Golf Digest when asked if combining work and home life is a recipe for success.
Adds Green: “Good, if I play well.”
Struggling with his own game in recent times, the change in direction has netted Felton a personal revitalisation, while Green picked up her seventh LPGA Tour title in Singapore two weeks ago.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world,” Felton says of the experience.
“Obviously, I’m a bit biased as we won two weeks ago, but even the first week in Thailand, it’s kind of rejuvenated my love for the game. And seeing her play and go about her craft has been great.”
As for Buhai’s job security, Green says player and caddie are on the page to such an extent that he didn’t feel the need to ask if he’d been replaced when the married couple combined for a trophy.
“You know, he hasn’t actually asked that question,” laughed Green, who tees off in the Women’s Australian Open at Kooyonga at 7:41am on Thursday alongside fellow WA major winner Minjee Lee and Singapore’s Shannon Tan.
“Because I hope that he knows that his job is safe, but no, he was really ecstatic for both of Jarryd and I.
“He’s just itching to get back out caddieing. He has not worked since CME, which is late November, so that’s quite a long time for caddie to have off. But no, he was one of the first people to send us a message to congratulate us.”
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Buhai set to return after the next fortnight at Kooyonga Golf Club and the Australian WPGA Championship on the Gold Coast, after which Felton will turn his attention back to his own game with perhaps a newfound appreciation for the other side of the player-caddie dynamic.
“It’s been a lot of fun,” Green summed up working with her husband.
“I feel like it makes me maybe a little bit more patient on the golf course. Sometimes I maybe ask questions too quickly for someone that’s never really caddied on tour before. But no, he’s doing a good job.”
Even if that job has meant occasional confusion as to who is hitting the shots and who carrying the bag.
“I don’t think he’s dropped anything, but he has accidentally once given me the headcover instead of the driver. But we did have a little chuckle at that,” Green said.