LIV Golf caddie Mal Baker will have earned a mammoth £735,000 ($912,500) in the space of a week, after being on bag duty for Talor Gooch's historic back-to-back victories in Adelaide and Singapore.
Gooch wrote himself into the LIV history books last weekend, becoming the first golfer to win two consecutive tournaments on the breakaway tour. His first triumph came two weeks ago, after two rounds of 62 on the bounce saw him secure the LIV Adelaide title by three shots.
One week later the American star went back-to-back in Singapore, after seeing off Fireballs captain and European stalwart Sergio Garcia in a play-off at Sentosa Golf Club.
For his work Gooch raked in an eye-watering £6.4 million ($8m) in individual prize money, plus bonuses after his Range Goats team finished second and first respectively across the two events. Of course it was not just Gooch who benefited, having had plenty of help from his experienced caddie Baker.
And for his efforts, the Australian has taken home a mammoth payout for his week of work. With Gooch's earnings for the week at £7.35million, the usual cut for caddie is 10 per cent, meaning Baker would receive £735,000 of the payout.
It has been quite the week for Gooch, having secured two titles and an eye-watering amount of prize money in the space of seven day. Despite landing the lofty total, the American has admitted though there were some stipulations to his Adelaide payout.
This comes after Gooch claimed he lost a mammoth 47.5 percent of his first £3.2 million ($4m) prize due to Australian tax laws. The LIV rebel told Fore the People podcast: "It was a little bit disheartening seeing 47 and a half percent because Australian taxes [do] not enter the account.
“It comes, you know, almost it sometimes it’s like 48 hours, but it’s usually 24 hours after it direct deposit hits. It was a big one this last week, but yeah, it sucked that 47 and a half percent was withheld for Australian taxes, unfortunately. I am by no means complaining, but the four [million dollars], once you cut it all up, let’s just say that it’s lot less than four.”
