John Dunn never expected that his summer job as a caddie at the local course in Connecticut might turn into something more. The lifers--as in "caddies for life"--who plied the loops were an ensemble of misfits and degenerates who made the caddie yard look more like an OTB parlor than a country club. But Dunn came of age in those yards and on those courses, and after an eye-opening experience caddying in Aspen during college, the magnetism of the game and the lifestyle proved irresistible. One adventure after another kept him coming back summer after summer, until--out of college--he found himself migrating with the seasons, looping at some of the most exquisite and exclusive golf locations in the world- Sherwood, Augusta, Bandon Dunes, Shinnecock, and the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland to name a few. Dunn crisscrossed the country on his own big loop, working inside the private hedges while camping in the mountains, following the back roads and stumbling across unexpected moments of profound natural beauty, and embracing the freedom of what he calls the last vagabond existence in America, all while trying to decide whether to quit the loop and get a real job. Maybe next season . . . John Dunn never expected that his summer job as a caddie at the local course in Connecticut might turn into something more. The liferswho plied the loops were an ensemble of misfits and degenerates who made the caddie yard look more likea gambling hallthan a country club.But Dunn came of age in those yards and on those courses, and the magnetism of the game and the lifestyle proved irresistible. One adventure after another kept him coming back summer after summer, until he found himself migrating with the seasons, looping at some of the most exquisite and exclusive golf locations in the world. Dunn crisscrossed the country on his own big loop, working inside the privet hedges while camping on the mountains, following the back roads and stumbling across unexpected moments of profound natural beauty, and embracing the freedom of what he calls the last vagabond existence in America, all while trying to decide whether to quit the loop and get a real job. Maybe next season...