Tripp Bowden is a former Augusta National caddy (the first full-time white caddy in the history of the elite private club), collegiate golfer, and senior advertising copywriter, first with McCann-Erickson and later with his own company, Creative Wizards Advertising. The author of Freddie & Me and a frequent speaker at prominent golf clubs across America, Tripp lives with his wife, Fletch, and children, Arrie B. and Holly Mac, in Augusta, Georgia.