Bill Pennington of The New York Times took a closer look at his beat this week, caddying for Brittany Lincicome at the Sybase Match Play Championship Pro-Am on the Ladies PGA Tour.

Pennington wrote about the experience in Friday's paper, noting it is much harder than it looks.

“In all seriousness, although truthfully a pro-am is not all seriousness, being a caddie is a hard, demanding job,” Pennington wrote. “First of all, a tour pro's bag is heavy, laden with balls, clubs, towels, notebooks, tools, rain clothes and, yes, snacks. It is wide and bulky to make room for sponsors' logos. It might weigh 35 pounds. For the first few holes, that weighs on your shoulder. By the 10th, it weighs on your back because your shoulder is numb.”

It is not exactly like a police reporter doing a ride-along with cops, but it's a start.