Without them a player is almost lost and a caddy needs to learn that early in life. Without the wife in a caddy’s corner, his job is almost lost. You need to recognize who is the boss and pacify her whenever possible. It doesn’t take much, a bottle of water on a hot day, a short cut from the green to the next fairway, a local restaurant recommendation, and help loading the trunk on Sunday afternoon. Every once in awhile you may have to carry an extra umbrella for a hole or two and rarely do you catch a wife’s wrath, but it does happen.