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Some caddies had ingenious ways of earning extra money. One such caddie was
Willie Johnson, known as ‘Trap-Door’, who made a fair amount from ‘lost’
golf balls. Willie pretended that one leg was shorter than the other and had a
special boot made which had a hollow sole, large enough to fit the diameter of a
golf ball. During a search in the whins or anywhere else, he would work
the ball into his hollow boot and declare it lost. The cavity in his boot could
hold up to half a dozen golf balls!
(At $128
per dozen this seems a little more than petty thievery)
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