Well unlike unicorns apparently llama caddies do exist. I had an e-mail this morning from Pam a regular blog reader who gave me the facts on llama caddies. Alpacas are very cute but llamas can be very useful. Anyway ,here is the story.

The Village of Pinehurst in North Carolina is home to the new Talamore Golf Resort. Where the Rees Jones-designed Talamore Golf Club and the Arnold Palmer-designed Mid South Club, Talamore Golf Resort is apparently at the top of its class in the historic North Carolina Sandhills.

The great news is that Talamore have a competition going on right now to win a Llama Golfing vacation!

The Pinehurst area golf trip you will never forget! Two nights lodging at the Mid South Lodge, one day of play on the Arnold Palmer designed Mid South Members Course and a second day of play on the Rees Jones designed Talamore Resort Course. The Resort Course round will be played using the Club's world renown Llama caddies. Some restrictions will apply.

Restrictions:
* The Dollie Llama golf packages are only available during the months of November, December, January, and February. In addition, Llama Caddies only work on Sunday through Wednesday afternoons.

Pam tells me that they like the llamas because their padded feet don't tear up the courses and they can handle the weight of the clubs. Sometimes they carry drinks and food in cooler packs for the golfers too. I think this sounds like great idea and hopefully more golf courses will be taking on llama caddies in the not too distant future.

Thanks for the information Pam, much appreciated.