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Jordan Spieth’s caddie switch to cover PGA Tour rival raises questions

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January 2, 2025

Jordan Spieth’s long-time caddie and friend Michael Greller has switched to help his PGA Tour rival with the three-time major winner not in the field at the Sentry

Jordan Spieth’s long-time caddie and friend Michael Greller will still be on the course at The Sentry with him to cover PGA Tour rival Max Homa.

The 2025 PGA Tour season will begin on Thursday with The Sentry at the Kapalua Plantation Course, but three-time major winner Spieth will not a part of the opening event. Spieth is continuing his recovery from wrist surgery after he injured his left hand while playing with his son Sammy.

Spieth had attempted to avoid surgery and instead tried a rest-and-recovery strategy, but the issue worsened during the 2024 season after a tendon in his wrist reportedly “popped out” while playing, leaving the 31-year-old no choice but to undergo a procedure. This leaves him out of action and had also seemingly sidelined his caddie.

However, it’s been reported by Sean Martin on X that Greller will be at The Sentry to caddy for Homa as a fill-in. A Spieth fan account, Spieth Legion, also posted the news on X, the account wrote: “Michael Greller has a new bag this week. He’s caddying for Max Homa at The Sentry. It’s just temporary. Greller’s boss, Jordan Spieth, isn’t in the field, and Homa needed a temporary fill-in. His longtime caddie, Joe Greiner, is expected to return later in the West Coast swing.”

Greller has been Spieth’s caddie for 13 years since the former world No. 1 turned professional. The two met during the US Junior Amateur and stayed friends with Greller initially taking a year off from his teaching job to begin working with Spieth.

Spieth and Greller’s relationship has worked a treat down the years with Spieth winning the Masters and the US Open in 2015 before picking up The Open in 2017. However, Greller’s style is a controversial one with the two known to engage in long discussion before Spieth plays a shot, but it’s an approach that Homa is seemingly willing to try.