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North Carolina Golf Course Rents Llamas as Personal Caddies

Jul 29, 2009 – 2:54 PM
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Steve Williams. Bones MacKay. A llama. What do all these things have in common? Well, any of these things are willing to carry golf clubs for people for a fee. Confused? I guess you've never been to North Carolina.

In Cedar Mountain, N.C., at Sherwood Forest Golf Course, you can rent a llama to be your caddie for $40 on Tuesdays. While the video suggests, "they're not too good at reading greens," it does seem like something the people in the story are excited about. Someone even suggests, "It's a hoot. It really is. It's unique."




While it doesn't seem like something I'd want at my course, I did find this quote fairly amusing -- "How many kids can say they've played golf with a llama? I mean, nobody is going to be able to top that for show-and-tell."

Umm, I guess?

If the llama experiment is a success, Mark English, owner of the course, is hoping to take the llamas around to other courses to use at charity events. Naturally.
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