Back when golf was the exclusive domain of the "lofty and rich," many children from poor families headed to the golf courses to serve as caddies for the wealthy, eventually making reputations themselves among Asia's few elite professional golfers. Such players as Lu Liang-huan, Hsieh Min-nan, and Chen Chih-chung share similar stories of struggle, from poverty to caddy, and finally to professional golfer.
在打高爾夫最為「高而富」的年代，許多貧苦人家的孩子到球場幫富豪階級背球桿、當桿弟，打出亞洲少數職業高球菁英的名號，當年桿弟出身的呂良煥、謝敏男、陳志忠都有同樣艱苦奮鬥的故事。