How much do caddies make at the 2024 Masters? Eye-popping payday for four days’ work at Augusta revealed

The 88th Masters is here.

Golf royalty, including Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, will take to the course at the iconic Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia this week for the first major championship of the season and arguably the most prestigious.

All the pelotons compete for the coveted green jacket, which has become synonymous with the legendary event.

The winners of this illustrious tournament are guaranteed a monster payday, as are their trusted caddies, who can earn a staggering six-figure sum for just four days’ work.

How much do caddies earn at the 2024 Masters?

The average weekly salary for a PGA Tour caddy is between $1,500 and $4,000.

This amount is largely determined by their experience and who they cadet for.

“I think $2,000 (£1,594~) a week is pretty average, but it’s all worked out between you and the player,” Brennan Little, a caddy of over 25, told Golf Monthly in 2022.

“After a few years, you will receive a raise. Or you will receive bonuses at the end of the year. It varies by player.”

However, being a Masters caddy is an expensive affair as they have to cover all their own expenses, including plane tickets, hotels, rental car and food.

But caddies can recoup that money and more by negotiating a deal with golfers to receive a percentage of their winnings after the tournament ends.

This is not written in stone and it is up to each cadet to negotiate with the player.

But the general rule is that they receive 10 percent of the prize money if their player wins the Masters, 7 percent for a top 10 and five percent for everything else.

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The total purse for last year’s tournament was $18 million, $3 million more than in 2022.

Winner Jon Rahm took home $3.24 million in prize money, meaning his junior, Adam Hayes, will have earned around $340,000 over the four days.

The 2024 champion’s earnings are expected to be similar, if not higher, meaning this year’s winning caddy is in line for a major bonus.

The world’s best golfers are notoriously multi-millionaires, especially thanks to LIV Golf awarding some incredibly lucrative contracts in recent years.

But the best caddies can also be multi-millionaires, like Ted Scott, Scottie Scheffler’s caddy, who would have earned more than a million dollars in 2023 largely thanks to the victory of the world No. 1 at the 2022 Masters.

Meanwhile, Steve Williams, Tiger Woods’ long-time caddy, reportedly earned more than $12 million (£9,569,040) working alongside the 15-time major champion between 1999 and 2011.

What do Masters caddies actually do?

Caddies’ incomes may seem inflated, but many of them are former professionals and have extremely important jobs to do.

Contrary to popular belief, caddies are not there just to hand golf clubs to players.

In many ways, they are a player’s confidant and someone they have formed a personal relationship with off the course.

Cadets often act as a sounding board for players and someone they are in constant conversation with between holes and shots during tournaments.

They advise players on which club to use, swing technique, how to approach each shot and have detailed information about the course and each hole, such as distances to the greens.

A six-figure salary may seem like a lot for four days of work, but caddies certainly make a living and have worked years to reach that level.

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