re: Your daughter gets in the ANWA do you caddy?

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and (myself included) I find that involved dads during tournaments cost their kid 2-4 strokes per tournament round - I’ve seen really bad dads that cost many more

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Unfortunately, this is me. I feel as though I ruined his love for baseball by being involved. I helped coach and I am too competitive to be on the sidelines or in between the ropes. My son played baseball since he was 8, got to high school and after his sophomore year quit. I'm sure me dissecting his every move and thought didn't help at all not to mention that the high school went through 4 coaches in 4 years, a lot of turmoil to go along with a overbearing dad. He started playing golf the summer of his freshman year and is on the high school team. I go ahead of him and watch his shot land then proceed to the green to do the same. I try not to say a word to him during his tournaments or after unless he brings it up. We play a lot together so that is fun as well, he is much better than me so I can't really say anything about his play. I do find myself mumbling things to myself while he's playing, that's the main reason I try and stay ahead of him. He doesn't need to hear me say, damn it when he hits a bad shot, or why did you hit that club when there's water short of the green. These are things, course management wise, that he needs to figure out on his own and talk it over with his coach and not hear it from me. I just want him to play his best but I get too emotionally involved with every shot, it's not good for him or me. I hate that I'm like that and I really try to keep my emotions intact but it's a struggle. I know golf is extremely hard and that he's doing his best and that's what I've got to remember. Go ahead and downvote away for me being a piece of crap dad who lives through his kids athletic events.