Collin Morikawa lures Tony Finau's former caddie on his bag while Joe Greiner and Tim Tucker find new work.
Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau and Jake Knapp have found new caddies this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.
Morikawa has hired veteran caddie Mark Urbanek, who previously worked with Tony Finau for the past five years. Morikawa parted ways with his longtime caddie J.J. Jakovac in late April and hired Joe Greiner. But that partnership only lasted five tournaments together. Morikawa used Billy Foster, who had parted ways with Matt Fitzpatrick, for the Genesis Scottish Open and British Open but had made it clear that he was still in the market for a full-time bag.
Looks like it’ll be Mark Urbanek (former caddie for Tony Finau) on the bag with Collin Morikawa this week. pic.twitter.com/HmAR0uF1ZA
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelGolf) August 5, 2025
Urbanek split from Finau ahead of the British Open. Finau used veteran Colin Byrne, who had successful stints with Retief Goosen and Louis Oosthuizen, at the British Open and 3M Open and Brandon Parsons, who had caddied for Bubba Watson on LIV most recently, at the Wyndham Championship last week. He has hired Tim Tucker, who is best known as Bryson DeChambeau’s bagman when he won the 2020 U.S. Open. Tucker was on the bag for Kurt Kitayama but split with him after the John Deere Classic last month. Kitayama won the 3M Open two weeks later with his brother, Daniel, caddying for him. He’s expected to remain on the bag for the remainder of the season.
And let’s wrap up this edition of the caddie carousel with an update on Greiner. He’s had a busy season, parting ways with childhood friend Max Homa in late March. Greiner came off the bench to work for Justin Thomas at the Masters when JT’s regular caddie, Matt Minister, was sidelined with an injury. Thomas won one week later with Greiner by his side at the RBC Heritage. Thomas welcomed Minister back and Greiner joined Morikawa, but that relationship stopped ahead of the Rocket Classic, where Morikawa, who is breaking in his fifth different caddie of the season this week, had Korn Ferry Tour pro and former Cal teammate KK Limbhasut fill in for him during a week that he couldn't get into the field. Greiner has landed a new bag this week, too, at the first FedEx Cup playoff event. He’ll be caddying for Jake Knapp, who shot 59 at PGA National in February, and enters the playoffs at No. 47. Knapp's agent confirmed the move.
Stay tuned because the caddie carousel has been spinning fast and furious all season long.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau hire new caddies for FedEx Cup playoffs
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