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This is the fifth part in our
continuing series to introduce you
to some of Houston’s top caddies.
BY MARK BUTTON
Texas Links Staff
eorge Carter might be the
oldest living caddie in
Houston.
Skinny, soft-spoken and
always topped with his trademark
bucket hat, Carter will celebrate
his 76th birthday in August.
With
a mostly toothless smile and
warm, friendly demeanor, he’s
been a pleasant fixture at
Champions Golf Club for the past
four decades.
“I was out here when there
was nothing but woods,” he said.
He’s been toting bags a lot
longer than that.
Starting at Pine
Forest Country Club in the late
1940s, Carter has been caddying
for almost 60 years.
One of his favorite stories—
he’ll tell it to you two or three
times in one sitting if you let
him—involves the first time he
met Jackie Burke and Jimmy
Demaret.
“T
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