THE KILTED CADDIE
Paul McGinley laughs with businessman J.P. McManus of Ireland during the first round of 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
The
Business of
Golf
Golf opens doors. There is no doubt about it. As The Kilted Caddie writes, it is a huge plus to have on your CV whether you are applying to university or that coveted career job.
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afraid, as I made a disastrous start with one of the big four accountancy firms and am still bruised, if not damaged, by it. My auditing career was dead. Notwithstanding my somewhat unusual career path, however, golf is seen as a huge plus on a CV for a role in the City and other dynamic jobs. In fact, a recent survey found that 73% of business executives and 92% of sales executives said it had helped their careers. Indeed, for carrying out business deals too. Many top executives swear by it. I caddie for a lovely man called John Chiminski, t he Cha irma n a nd CEO of Cata lent Pharmaceuticals. He claims to have done a vast amount of business and concluded significant deals on the fairways. He also adds, rather enthusiastically, that it is where he finds out
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t has without doubt done me no harm and made up for significant shor tcom i ngs on my academ ic front. I almost certainly got into the University of St Andrews as a result of my 3 handicap and not on the back of my slightly lacklustre Higher Grades. That was enough to get me into the first golf team in those days, back in the early eighties. Not a scholarship of course as there was no such thing at St Andrews then. But a place at one of the finest universities in the land. Not that I ever shone there, scraping by with a solid ‘Desmond’ in Economics. However, I did get my golf colours, had a fling with the prettiest girl in the university and a job in the City, for what it was worth (the job I mean!). It can do you no harm in your business career either. Not ultimately for me, I’m
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