Tommy Fleetwood clinched his first top five at the Masters this weekend.
The Englishman carded a final round of 69 to join Collin Morikawa and Max Homa in a tie for third, seven shots behind eventual winner Scottie Scheffler.
It a best-ever finish at the Masters for Fleetwood, whose previous best result at Augusta was a tie for 14th in 2022.
As a result, the world no. 13 scooped a decent chunk of the $20 million total purse which was announced by Augusta National Golf Club ahead of the 2024 event.
Fleetwood pocketed a cool $1,040,000 for finishing in a three way T3 – while caddie Gray Moore is also set to walk away with a tidy five-figure payday.
Caddies usually receive 10 percent of the prize money if their player wins a tournament, around 7-8 percent for a top-10 finish, and five percent for everything else.
If Fleetwood is feeling particularly generous and rewards Moore with an 8 percent cut of his earnings, the caddie will have earned $83,200 for four days’ work at Augusta.
The 70-year-old Moore was the oldest caddie at the Masters this year and was only on the bag for Fleetwood because the Englishman’s long-time caddie and friend Ian Finnis was missing through illness.
Moore is a former Augusta National caddie master but retired from that role to work as a regular caddie at the club.
He has experience caddying at the Masters, having worked with Tom Watson in 2004.
He was also on the bag for Andrea Lee during the 2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
“The first two or three years that I came here I always had Gray in practice and would always sit and speak to him,” Fleetwood said before this year’s Masters started.
Reflecting on the weekend with Moore and his best-ever Masters finish, Fleetwood said: “We had a great week.
“I’ve known Gray since I first came to Augusta and I asked him to caddie this week.
“We’ve just had a really nice time, and he knows how to manage me.”
“A proper Augustan,” Fleetwood added of Moore.
“One of the biggest things he’s done for me is he knows what shots are available. What I can and what I can’t do. There’s so much he’s pointed out. As Gray says, no matter how many times you’ve been here, it’s a lifetime of work and knowledge. That’s very true.”
“It was always going to be a fantastic weekend when we made it through to the weekend together. It’s been absolutely amazing and I’ve loved spending time with him on the golf course this week.
“I always enjoy seeing him and spending time with him at Augusta every time the Masters comes around but actually being out with him was a real treat.
“I just hope he’s had as good a time with me as I have with him this week. It’s been great.”
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- Masters’ oldest caddie secures huge five-figure windfall after Tommy Fleetwood’s best-ever finish at Augusta
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