Meaning & use

Forecaddies

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Golf caddies stationed ahead of the players on a hole to watch where balls land and help locate them.

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The forecaddies signaled that both drives had found the fairway.

Tournament organizers hired extra forecaddies to keep play moving on the busy course.

A note on using this word

Forecaddies are especially common on courses with blind shots, where players cannot see where their ball lands from the tee.

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