Who Is Patrick Reed’s Caddie? Meet the Brother-in-Law Turned Bagman of the LIV Golf Pro

A popular name in the sport of golf, Patrick Reed has around 12 years under his professional cap. He boasts a total of nine wins on the PGA Tour including a major victory at the 2018 Masters Tournament, and two other wins on the European circuit. Although he is a talented golfer on the greens, he sure wasn’t able to do it alone. Well then, who helped him?

Now, enter his caddie! Despite being able to display his skills amazingly on the course, it took the help of his looper to be able to card those wins as a professional. Well, it is natural for the community to become curious about the bagman-cum-brother-in-law who has been helping him with the bags for a decade!

Meet Patrick Reed’s caddie of 10 years

Reed started his partnership with Kessler Karain in 2014. The two started to work together after the 1X major champ’s wife, Justine Reed, stopped caddying for him owing to falling pregnant during the same year. His wife’s younger brother has, since then, stayed by his side and helped him rake in every single professional win except the 2013 Wyndham Championship, which the pro managed to clinch with his wife.

The athlete’s brother-in-law became a bagman after leaving his job in medical sales. Following this, he was trained by the 2018 Masters Tournament champ just like he did his wife helping him make a mark in the sport’s history with a total of 8 professional wins.

Even Reed was all-praise for Karain as he once said, “We were wondering how the transition would be,” while referring to the latter becoming a caddie. Adding on, he said, “I trained him like I trained Justine. I guess it just runs in the family” as he alluded to how the brother and sister, both played golf during their high school days, the brother-in-law reportedly playing a lot more than his wife. It is as he said, “That family has it when it comes to giving me advice.”

Although the looper made himself known throughout the community owing to his exceptional support of his golfer on the greens, it is not the only thing he is known for. Once, Karain had experienced a testy altercation with a fan during a tournament.

Karain’s tussle with spectator at Presidents Cup

Day 3 of the 2019 Presidents Cup proved to be an eventful day for Reed and his caddie as the latter went ahead to shove a fan after the morning session of matches on Saturday. The American had been experiencing a losing streak at the tournament and the morning match against Webb Simpson wasn’t any different, leading to a 5-and-3 loss.

However, that wasn’t all. The golfer had been slapped with a penalty for illegally grounding his club in a waste bunker at the Hero World Challenge the past week. That incident, coupled with the losses, increased the spectators’ taunts, as a result. One of the enthusiasts in the audience wasn’t too soft on the golfer cussing him out, leading to Karain jumping off the cart and shoving him.

Does he regret it? It doesn’t seem to be so as he was visibly angry with what the golf fan did. “After hearing several fans in Australia for three days some had taken it too far. I had had enough,” said the bagman before going ahead to say, “I don’t think there’s one caddie I know that could blame me,” while alluding to the whole shoving incident along with Karain cussing him back. Well, it wasn’t as if his actions had no consequences either. The golfer’s brother-in-law was banned from the rest of the prestigious event.

Regardless of his actions on the greens, it seems Reed is well satisfied with his looper seeing as how he has been with him for a decade. Moreover, the amount of money that his caddie has made throughout the years also stands as proof of the trust that the professional has for his brother-in-law.

Karain’s earnings as Reed’s caddie

As per reports from Forbes, the bagman was the fifth-highest-paid caddie in the world between the months June of 2016 and 2017. He was able to garner around $610,000 as the athlete’s looper and a reported amount of $400,000 in 2020-2021, owing to Reed’s performance letting him earn $4.01 million during the same. The golfer had a total of six top-10 finishes between 2020 and 2021 including a victory at the 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship.

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Well, it appears the alliance between the two is still going as strong as ever seeing as how the two have performed in the starting event of the 2024 edition of LIV Golf. Anyhow, one thing is for sure, the 33-year-old American professional can still clinch a few more victories if his trusted bagman of 10 years stays by his side.

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