While all eyes have been on the players in the New Zealand Open at The Hills this week, none have been watching more intently than the golfers' wives and girlfriends (Wags).
And, if it's true the couple that plays together stays together, then the future is looking bright for Lauren Johnson and boyfriend Robert Gates (24).
The Open is just the second time Johnson (22) has had Gates' bag.
The first time Gates shot 68 at a tournament in the United States.
Gates shared the Open lead after the first round with 65 and followed with a round of 67 yesterday, taking him to 12-under-par and sole possession of the lead.
For Johnson, a golf instructor at the Massengale Golf Academy, the lifestyle the couple shared was "really cool".
The couple met two years ago, when Johnson played for the Texas A & M University women's team and Gates played for the men's team.
Gates had been fired from his job as her caddy following a trial run in Los Angeles.
"I did [caddy for her] and it didn't work," Gates said. "She's more demanding than I am. It wasn't an easy course, though."
For Canadian Mai Roberge (43), caddying for husband David McKenzie (42) is not something she is ever likely to do.
The couple met on a bus trip in British Columbia 14 years ago when McKenzie, an Australian, had flown in for a golf tour.
Roberge moved to Australia and the couple married in 2005.
She now spends 10 months of the year travelling with her husband.
"It's a very unusual lifestyle. There are a lot of pros and there are a lot of cons.
"It's a very different life than I ever thought I would lead."
She was not a fan of golf when the couple met.
"I thought it was the stupidest game."
However, after meeting McKenzie, she decided she should at least try to understand it.
Tahnee Kirk (25), from the southern US state of Georgia, is relatively new to the golfing world.
She met her husband Chris (24) through mutual friends just over two years ago and the pair married in August last year.
The softly-spoken Southern girl said she had done a lot of walking around Wakatipu since the couple arrived on Sunday, including following her husband as he played 18 holes in the first round of the Open on Thursday.
Having never followed golf until she met Kirk, she was now able to understand the basics, she said.
However, she was adamant when asked if she intended to take the sport up.
"Absolutely not. I'll just leave it to him."
The petite blonde said there were a lot of misconceptions about being a "golfer's wife".
"I would say it's not as glamorous as it seems. It's pretty stressful, especially when airlines lose your bags and stuff."
Kirk, an elementary school (ages 5 and up) teacher, took a year off after she married to travel with her husband.
She was not sure if she would go back to work later this year.
