| Did you ever wonder why golfers shout FORE as | | | | the Fore-Caddie would be warned of the |
| a warning? This is what I found. Let us start with | | | | oncoming golf ball by a shout "Fore". Keep in mind |
| cadies, caddie or caddy. It is said that this term | | | | that many could not afford to play golf in the |
| was developed an early British custom of having | | | | early days because of the price of a golf ball. You |
| Royal Cadets carry the golf clubs of royalty. This | | | | think they are pricey now well think of paying the |
| apparently developed into the term a Caddie. | | | | equivalent of $50.00 or $75.00 per ball. Yikes! |
| Like wise the term Fore has been explained as a | | | | This was the reason for the caddie that I believe. |
| term used by the military to warn friendly troops | | | | They served a dual purpose of club caddie and |
| that you were going to fire a battery of weapons | | | | ball finder. The military version of Fore as a |
| over their heads. It was a keep your head down | | | | warning to friendly troops is not widely accepted |
| warning. | | | | it is more likely that the Fore-Caddy explanation if |
| The explanation I like the best and seems to | | | | the actual definition of how the warning of Fore |
| make the most sense is the Fore-Caddie. These | | | | came about. Have a great golf game and keep |
| caddies, in the early days of golf, waited down | | | | your score low and truthful. |
| range for the assigned golfer to hit his ball. Then | | | | |