Who is Billy Horschel’s Caddie? All You Need to Know About the Man Behind His Bag

Billy Horschel has led a decorated and impressive golf career. Besides the PGA Tour, Horschel has also displayed his impressive golfing skills on the European Tour as well. Playing golf since his university days, he also led a good amateur career. And after turning professional he has played in various events and has been commended for his ball-striking abilities and putting skills.

His last win on the PGA Tour came in 2022 at the Memorial Tournament where he shined brightly at the Jack Nicklaus hosted event. Horschel has been on the PGA Tour for a long time now and like every other golfer has a caddie to be his eyes and ears on the ground. And assisting him at the Memorial and afterward is his caddie, Mark Fulcher.

Meet Mark Fulcher, the veteran caddie who was also the looper of Justin Rose

Mark Fulcher is a veteran caddie on the PGA Tour. He has been on the tour for more than two decades, and during his term has been on the bag for notable players. He is among the outspoken caddies on the tour and called out the use of rangefinders at the 2021 PGA Championship. Mark also called out PGA Tour Pro Dylan Frittelli for practicing in the space reserved for Arnold Palmer on social media. Before Fulcher started working with Billy, he has been on the bag of former world no.1 player, Justin Rose.

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Fulcher and Rose had worked together for 11 years from 2008 to 2019 during which Justin made 8 victories on the tour and accomplished his first major at the US Open in 2013. At the event, Rose won the tournament by two over Mickelson and Jason Day armed with the aid of Fulcher by his side.

Apart from that, Mark has also assisted Rose in multiple top-10 finishes at other major tournaments and several wins on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2019, as Justin Rose made his debut at the Desert Classic, that week Fulcher went to New York for his heart surgery.

Mark’s heart surgery and working with Billy Horschel

Mark underwent a heart valve replacement following which he took time off for recovery. After that, Rose had Gareth Lord as his caddie for some time. The same year in May, Rose announced their separation as Mark needed time to recover. Days after his surgery he gave a telephonic interview in which he explained how the healing is taking time. He said, “You wake up and the heart is in better shape than the sternum. So obviously, lifting bags and such, you know, it’s still quite painful. it should be almost completely repaired now.”

After parting ways with Rose, Fulcher was a caddie for Francesco Molinari and worked with him for around 19 months. After that the due parted ways because of unmet expectations.

When exactly Fulcher started working with Billy is not known but it is presumed that it is somewhere between March to September in the year 2021. The first time Fulcher was seen working with Horschel was in September 2021 ahead of the race to Dubai.

Before Mark, the caddie of Billy was Brian Dilley with whom he won the 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay but they split soon after that, and since the team of Billy has one victory on the PGA Tour. In June 2022, Horschel won Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. Then in September 2022, Horschel played on the U.S. team in the 2022 Presidents Cup. There he played three matches out of which he won one. Now Mark accompanies him at every event.

Ever since they started working together, Billy has participated in numerous events and has taken home very impressive paychecks. Besides good results in other events, Billy had made top 10 finishes in QBE Shootout, WM Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational, World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, and the number 1 finish in the Memorial Tournament. All of them have earned Billy an impressive $5,280,247 in total earnings out of which Mark has earned 6% of the amount which is $421,307. A very good sum in the span of two years. And as the duo continue their partnership they are on their way to making more achievements. 

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