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  • Called "The Swoop" by caddies in search of work, Billy Zimmerman, right, greets PGA Tour player Matt Gogel in the parking lot at Riviera CC in Los Angeles in front of Gogel's caddy, at left. Word had spread that Gogel was "in play" and looking for a new caddy. Dan McQuilkin, left,  was hoping to turn a temporary job as Gogel's caddy into a permanent one. With caddies earning 5-10% of a tour player's winnings, competition is fierce for proven winners like Gogel.
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  • As the cliche goes, so goes the day laborer caddy........the early bird will often get the bag. Caddies in search of work for the week gather along a walkway leading to the first tee at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles in hopes of finding a tour pro whose caddy overslept or failed to show up.
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  • Fellow caddies waiting for work on a Monday morning (tournaments don't start until Thursday) give Pat Keeler, second from right, a hard time about "swooping" another caddy the previous week. Swooping is diving in like a hawk and getting a player's bag when another caddy was trying to get it first.
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  • Jerry Schneider, aka "Scraper", moves in for the "swoop" with PGA Tour player Steve Jones in the parking lot at the Buick Invitational in San Diego despite the fact that Jones was already set with his caddy.
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  • At the Buick Invitational in San Diego caddies like Butch Vail, left and Jerry Schneider can only wait by the course entrance and hope a tour pro comes looking for a caddy.
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  • Waiting in the parking lot at famed Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, longtime pro caddies David Patterson, better known by his caddy name "Alaska Dave," seated, and Jerry Knapp scan the horizon for incoming PGA Tour players in hopes of finding work for the week.
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  • After being one of the lucky few to get picked-up from the parking lot for work that week, caddy Cliff Robinson was hoping former US Open winner Scott Simpson would play well enough to make the cut and play through the weekend, thus guaranteeing winnings. Simpson did not make the cut.
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  • The caddies will tell you in one breath how great the money is these days thanks to Tiger Woods but then mutter how so many more caddies are looking for work each week. On top of the pro caddies, amateur caddies such as these at Riviera CC seeking a $200 day cut into work by trying for bags during the Pro Am day.
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  • Although tour players, especially those struggling, won't hesitate to change caddies, the number of caddies looking for work on the tour has risen dramatically. Cliff Robinson has had success caddying for several pros but still found himself looking for a bag near the putting green early in the week at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
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  • Waiting, waiting and more waiting is the name of the game for caddies looking for work in the parking lot of PGA Tour events. Always ready to go if they do get the chance, caddies carry with them their yardage book, pencils and a towel to get the job done.
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  • Day labor meets the PGA Tour at the Buick Invitational in San Diego as caddies gather each morning in the parking lot hoping to "get a bag" that week and parlay it into a full-time position. Dozens of caddies, some with decades of experience on tour player's bags, follow the tour each week and pay their own expenses with hopes of getting a job from the event parking lot.
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  • One hotel after another and hardly luxurious, caddies in search of work seek accomodations in budget motels that offer weekly discounts. Pat Fitzgerald, aka "Cuz" on tour, left, and Kenny Butler, kill time at the Ocean Inn in San Diego after failing to pick-up a bag at Torrey Pines.
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  • Gathering in the early morning light a trio of caddies without bags watch the Pro Am being played at Riviera CC in Los Angeles. Not one player would "pick-up" a bag at this PGA Tour stop.
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  • Desperate to cover expenses many caddies, like Andy Davidson, without bags who don't find day work from the parking lot vy for jobs as spotters for TV. It pays $50 per round.
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  • Jerry Knapp is beside himself after winning the jackpot during a game of Blackjack with fellow out-of-work caddies who had gathered at the Ocean Inn in San Diego to kill time.
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  • With rain cancelling the Pro-Am at the Torrey Pines tour event, caddies gather for some friendly wagering at Blackjack at the Ocean Inn motel in San Diego.
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  • Former US Open winner Scott Simpson pays Cliff Robinson after using him for the first two rounds of the Buick Invitational in San Diego. Robinson got lucky and was picked-up in the parking lot to work for Simpson that week. Simpson failed to make the cut so Robinson received the standard rate of between $800-$1000 instead of 5-10% of Simpson's torunament winnings.
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  • Otis Buck Moore realizes his chances of getting a bag at Riviera are getting tougher by the moment as the day draws to an end and the tournament was set to start the following day at Riviera CC in Los Angeles.
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