Aaron Rais caddie earns handsome windfall from | Golf News

England’s Aaron Rai secured the PGA Championship on Sunday with a exceptional closing spherical show, amassing around $3.7 million for his efficiency at Aronimink Golf Club – a windfall that his caddie will also benefit from.

For the first time in more than a century, an Englishman hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday night, as 31-year-old Rai produced an distinctive back 9 to declare his maiden major championship. Despite never beforehand ending inside the top-10 at any of golf’s major tournaments, Rai demonstrated extraordinary composure as he maneuvered his method into competition.

A spectacular 69-foot putt on the seventeenth inexperienced turned out to be the pivotal second, as he concluded at nine-under to be named champion. It comes as Rai himself has misplaced $1.7 million in prize money.

The PGA Championship’s prize pool was elevated to $20.5 million this 12 months, with Rai securing $3.69 million. His caddie, Jason Timmis, is set to obtain a substantial portion of that prize money.

In skilled golf, caddies typically earn roughly 10 % of a participant’s earnings, although this proportion can fluctuate based on the settlement between participant and caddie. For Timmis, Rai’s PGA Championship success might translate to a payday of $369,000.

The duo have collaborated for seven years, initially becoming a member of forces in 2019. This marks the most important single payday of Rai’s PGA Tour profession, throughout which he has amassed roughly $16 million in whole prize money – with his Aronimink triumph representing practically a quarter of that sum.

His most latest Tour victory got here at the 2024 Wyndham Championship, where he collected just over $1.3 million for his win at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Rai embraced his spouse, Gaurika Bishnoi, following his landmark major triumph on Sunday, and credited his household when questioned about how he achieved the feat.

“I think a lot of that has come from upbringing, my mom, my dad, my siblings,” Rai said. “Golf was always a very big part of my life from a very young age. But my mom and my siblings were very fast to continue to reinforce the importance of just being a good person and trying to do the right things away from golf.

“My dad was with me … every day practice-wise, and he actually instilled the significance of work and dedication and attempting to persistently construct just good, strong habits around the sport.

“My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age.

“She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of constant messaging of arduous work, and that was typically the atmosphere that was there at the home. And that was at the golf course as properly.”