Caddyshack to Corner Office

Recognizing the most accomplished people who once caddied and growing the game by assisting those following their path


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Official Caddying Story: Skip Bronson

Richard “Skip” Bronson is Chairman of The Bronson Companies, LLC, a real estate development, investment and advisory company based in Beverly Hills, California. He serves as a director of both Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Invitation Homes, Inc. Skip previously served as a director of Mirage Resorts and of TRI Pointe Group, Inc. He is on the Advisory Board of the Neurosurgery Division at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, and he and his wife, Edie Baskin Bronson, were the recipients of the department’s 2018 “Visionary Award”. Skip has also served as a Trustee and Vice President of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Forman School in Litchfield, Connecticut, and the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California. Skip started caddying at a young age, and golf has been ever-present in his life. He is even part of the ownership group of Sweetens Cove Golf Club.

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Official Caddying Story: David Podas PGA

David Podas is the Bel-Air Country Club’s Director of Golf. Dave, as he’s more casually known, is not only a longtime member of the PGA of America but also serves on its Rules Committee. Additionally, Dave is a devoted member of Titleist’s national advisory board. Though a Minnesota native, it was caddying in Arizona that helped launch his venerable golf career. Whether it's working as a rules official in one of golf’s majors, competing in the 2007 Buick Invitational (won by Tiger Woods), desperately trying to improve Al Michaels’ golf swing, or regularly squaring off against Corey Pavin, there isn’t much that he hasn’t experienced in the game.

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Official Caddying Story: John Hallberg

John Hallberg is the former CEO of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF), a post from which he retired in 2020. Prior to that, he led business divisions at companies like Getty Images and General Mills, but it was caddying in his youth where John laid the foundation for his career. Today, he serves on the board of the Minnesota Golf Association and is a director of the Western Golf Association. He is also a trustee of his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College.

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Official Caddying Story: Eddie Melendez

Eddie Melendez is the president of local media for Entravision. Before joining Entravision, he spent a decade in various sales management positions with Galavision, Telemundo and Univision. Eddie began his broadcast media career with Katz Television, the nation’s largest rep firm, before joining Tribune Broadcasting’s KTLA-Los Angeles local sales team. The first in his family to attend college, he graduated from the University of Kansas with the help of the Evans Scholarship Foundation. Now a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Television board, Eddie got his start working as a caddie in Los Angeles.

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