March 10, 2021
THE PLAYERS 2021 Caddie Competition in Memory of Bruce Edwards
Please see below for the final results from THE PLAYERS 2021 Caddie Competition in Memory of Bruce Edwards.
2021 results:
Rank | Caddie Name | Distance | PGA TOUR Player |
1 | Chris Rice | 1’2” | Harold Varner III |
2 | Yuan Liu | 7’3” | Xinjun Zhang |
3 | JJ Jakovac | 11’1” | Collin Morikawa |
About the competition:
THE PLAYERS Championship Caddie Competition in memory of Bruce Edwards is a closest-to-the-pin competition on Wednesday of tournament week at the Island Green 17th hole. This is a great tradition unique to THE PLAYERS and one that provides an added layer of entertainment for the fans, players and caddies alike. The competition is named to honor Tom Watson’s longtime caddie and friend Bruce Edwards, who passed away in 2004 from ALS or “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”
The winning caddie receives all player contributions to the pot on the 17th tee, a personalized, engraved money clip and a VIP parking spot in the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse lot, Thursday-Sunday of THE PLAYERS.
The amount raised is matched by the PGA TOUR and donated to the Bruce Edwards Foundation.
Past results:
Year | Caddie | Distance to Pin | PGA TOUR Player |
2000 | Ben Englebrecht | 5 feet 7.5 inches | Steve Flesch |
2001 (tie) | Brian Smith & Ken Comboy | 6 feet 3 inches | John Huston & Thomas Bjorn |
2002 | Corby Segal | 2 feet 10 inches | Brent Geiberger |
2003 | Chris Donald | 9 feet 1 inch | Luke Donald |
2004 | Robert Ames | 4 feet 6 inches | Stephen Ames |
2005 | Chris Jones | 1 foot 4 inches | Mark WIlson |
2006 | Nick Helwig | 6 feet | Hank Kuehne |
2007 | Ray Farnell | 5 feet 3 inches | Greg Owen |
2008 | Jeff Willett | 1 foot 5 inches | Brian Bateman |
2009 | Garerth Lord | 6 feet 1 inches | Robert Karlsson |
2010 | Jorge Camarra | 2 feet 6 inches | Francesco Molinari |
2011 | Anthony Knight | 9 feet 11 inches | Aaron Baddeley |
2012 | Brent Henley | 3 feet 7 inches | Robert Garrigus |
2013 | James Walton | 4 feet 7 inches | Y.E. Yang |
2014 | Chris Callas | 7 feet 8 inches | Shawn Stefani |
2015 | Michael Hartford | 3 feet 7 inches | Pat Perez |
2016 | Jon Yarbrough | 5 feet 3 inches | Hunter Mahan |
2017 | Ian Finnish | 6 feet 11 inches | Tommy Fleetwood |
2018 | Austin Kaiser | 7 feet 2 inches | Xander Schauffele |
2019 | Danny Sahl | 4 feet 3 inches | Vijay Singh |
2020 | Aaron Flener | 2 feet 9 inches | J.T. Poston |