When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl Louis King of France learned that she loved the Scots game golf He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her Mary liked this a lot and when returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run) she took the practice with her In French the word cadet is pronounced ca-day and the Scots changed it into caddie

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