He said he wanted to make it harder for golf-course owners to fire caddies and replace them with golf carts.

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Many companies went so far as to consider a good supply of golf courses and cheap caddies wearing Vietnam's distinctive conical hats a precondition for coming to the country.

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Tiger Woods made Steve Williams a very wealthy man, and perhaps the best-known athlete in New Zealand as well as one of the more recognizable caddies in professional golf.

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