Masters’ oldest caddie secures huge five-figure windfall after Tommy Fleetwood’s best-ever finish at Augusta

Tommy Fleetwood scored his first top five at the Masters this weekend.

The Englishman carded a final round 69 to join Collin Morikawa and Max Homa in a tie for third place, seven shots behind eventual winner Scottie Scheffler.

This is the best ever Masters finish for Fleetwood, whose previous best finish at Augusta was a tie for 14th in 2022.

Accordingly, world no. 13 raked in a decent share of the $20 million total purse announced by Augusta National Golf Club ahead of the 2024 event.

Fleetwood pocketed $1,040,000 for finishing in a three-way T3 – while caddy Gray Moore is also expected to walk away with a nice five-figure salary.

Cadets typically receive 10 percent of the prize money if their player wins a tournament, about 7 to 8 percent for a top 10 and five percent for everything else.

If Fleetwood feels particularly generous and rewards Moore with an 8 percent cut of his earnings, the cadet will have earned $83,200 for four days of work at Augusta.

Moore, 70, was the oldest caddie at the Masters this year and was only on Fleetwood’s bag because the Englishman’s caddie and long-time friend Ian Finnis was missing due to illness.

Moore is a former caddy master at Augusta National, but retired from that role to work as a regular caddy at the club.

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He has experience as a caddy at the Masters, having worked with Tom Watson in 2004.

It was also on Andrea Lee’s bag at the 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

“The first two or three years I got here, I always had Gray in training and I always sat down and talked to him,” Fleetwood said before the start of this year’s Masters.

Reflecting on the weekend with Moore and his best result at the Masters, Fleetwood said: “We had a great week.

“I’ve known Gray since I came to Augusta and I asked him to caddy this week.

“We just had a great time and he knows how to handle me.”

“A true Augustan,” Fleetwood added of Moore.

“One of the most important things he’s done for me is he knows what shots are available. What I can and what I can’t do. There are so many things he pointed out. As Gray says, no matter how many times you’ve been here, it’s a lifetime of work and knowledge. It is very true.

“It was always going to be a fantastic weekend when we got there together. It was absolutely amazing and I loved spending time with him on the golf course this week.

“I always love seeing him and hanging out with him at Augusta every time the Masters comes around, but actually hanging out with him was a real treat.

“I just hope he had as good a time with me as I did with him this week. It’s been great.”