Justin Thomas has got in Jim “Bones” Mackay as his full-time caddie. Mackay was an on-course reporter for NBC Sports and Golf Channel for around four years. However, he has now switched back to his original career as a caddie for Justin Thomas. Moreover, before turning a reporter, Jim Mackay was with Phil Mickelson as his caddie for around 25 years.
However, Mackay will continue to work as an on-course reporter for NBC Sports and Golf Channel whenever his schedule allows. Jim will be replacing Jimmy Johnson, who was the most experienced and highest-paid caddie on Tour.
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“It was an incredible phone call,” says Jim Mackay
Jim Mackay told Golf Channel about his decision and said. “It came out of left field very recently. I have just tremendous respect for [Thomas] as a person and a player. It was an incredible phone call to get, and I said yes.”
Jim Mackay has also caddied for Justin Thomas before and has been with JT for around three events so far. Firstly, at the 2018 Sony Open when his regular caddie Jimmy Johnson was injured, and then once again in 2020 when Johnson was injured during the Memorial and WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Moreover, their combination seems to work pretty well together as they have previously won an event together. Mackay helped JT in lifting his first win of the 2020 season as he won the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational by three strokes at TPC Southwind.
Twitter reacts to Justin Thomas’ new caddie Jim Mackay
As Jim Mackay announced his appointment as JT’s new caddie, Twitter erupted with excitement. Every golf fan seemed to be excited about this appointment as everyone predicts this is going to be a deadly combo. So let us have a look at a few reactions from the world of Twitter about the same.
Bones has always viewed himself as a caddie. When you view yourself as a caddie and a top-5 bag in the world comes down open, you take it.
These guys’ on-course discussions are going to be 🤤🤤🤤 https://t.co/aO66lbIZu1
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) September 30, 2021
Bones going on JT’s bag full time.
Dangerous duo to say the least! https://t.co/iDar2VXAEJ— Garrett Johnston (@JohnstonGarrett) September 30, 2021
Bones' enthusiasm, knowledge and humor were welcome additions to the broadcast in recent years. https://t.co/Pd9O5LNAaC
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) September 30, 2021
Wow. Big news here. Bones has been great as an on-course reporter. He’ll be great (again) as a caddie. https://t.co/Cf6KFoVnrU
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) September 30, 2021
Bones was awesome at the job.. his insights will be missed https://t.co/jD2g5vZ5VO
— trey wingo (@wingoz) September 30, 2021
👀. Good move by JT. This is going to be fun to watch. https://t.co/f1WHXS1jqO
— Alex Williams (@AlexWilliamsWSB) September 30, 2021
👀. Good move for JT, not great for us as an audience. https://t.co/WEiiXiz5i6
— Chris Murphy (@CS_Murph) September 30, 2021
GREAT news for Justin Thomas. AWFUL news for golf fans. Bones is, without question, the best commentator in golf right now. Gonna miss that insight. https://t.co/zJNCHOPqUa
— Keith Niebuhr (@Keith247Sports) September 30, 2021
JT wins a major next year with Bones on the bag, #JustRemember https://t.co/botNXP1M87
— Jordan Katz (@JordanKatz11) September 30, 2021
Bones was a pretty solid reporter but I'm not surprised he's going back to caddying. I always figured he'd bite the bullet and go back to someone's bag. Glad to hear it's JT too!
— Dave Young (@daveyoung84) September 30, 2021
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Would love to have these two mic'd up for every round.
— Dan Lydell (@DannyBoyLyd) September 30, 2021
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Meanwhile, many fans even said they would love to have this duo mic’d up for every round. While some fans said they are going to miss Jim on TV, as he is the best golf analyst. Moreover, a few fans also predicted that Justin Thomas will win a major championship this season. So it will be interesting to see how this duo goes ahead and performs in this season.
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