Who is Viktor Hovland’s caddie? Meet Shay Knight
Knight has been on the bag for the European Ryder Cup star since he turned professional way back in 2019 following a promising start to his career that saw him become the first golfer to claim the low amateur honours at the U.S. Open and the Masters.
The duo have have already tasted considerable success together, lifting multiple titles across the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
Undoubtedly, Hovland’s biggest victory to date arrived at the 2023 Memorial at Muirfield Village.
Frustratingly for Hovland, he is yet to taste success in a major championship but is sure to breakthrough at some point in the future given his obvious talents.
Knight has been on the bag for the European Ridder cup star since he turned professional way back in 2019 following a promising start to his career that saw him become the first golfer to claim the low amateur honors at the U open and the Masters the duo have have already tasted considerable success together lifting multiple titles across the PGA Tour and DP World Tour undoubtedly jain’s biggest Victory to date arrived at the 2023 Memorial at mfield Village frustratingly for havland he is yet to taste success in a major championship but is sure to break through at some point in the future given his obvious talents how did they meet it was actually through PGA tour star Ricky Fowler that Knight and havland became acquainted they met at the 2018 mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico speaking to the caddy Network Knight previously said it was no secret that Victor would be turning pro at some point this year like Victor Ricky went to OSU there’s a strong contingent of OSU guys on the PGA tour and most are represented by the waserman Media Group including Ricky and Victor now Joe asked me if it’d have any interest in cading for Victor when the decision to turn pro was official and my answer obviously was yes their first tournament together was the 2019 Travelers Champion I ship Knight immediately knew they were a perfect match of that first Excursion together he said he drives it very straight I’m also impressed with his mental approach he’s a very calm guy he can get angry but lets it Go quickly it’s really exciting for me I’m as excited now as when I first came out on tour to be able to watch a kid grow out here how much does Victor havind pay Shan night this is kept private but PGA Tour players typically pay their caddies anywhere from $153,000 per week as a base salary PGA tour caddies can usually expect around 5% of winnings outside of the top 10 that number is bumped up to around 6 to 8% should a player break into the top 10 caddies such as Knight can also earn money from sponsorships by wearing a hat with a logo in Knight’s case he wears a cap with a ping logo on it about Shay Knight Knight is from Australia he is married to Sher Knight and they have two children he frequently uploads snaps from his life and travels on his personal Instagram page speaking to golf wrex in an extensive interview Knight revealed he started caddying through his friendship with tour pro Matt Jones he was his caddy before he made it to the PGA Tour and subsequently joined Liv golf Knight said if he wasn’t a cat D he’d likely be working in landscaping given his affection for The Great Outdoors
