PGA Tour caddie reveals why LIV Golf is the “dream” job

Billy Foster insists his colleagues working on the LIV Golf circuit have landed the “dream” job.

Veteran Foster is beginning his 43rd year carrying the bag in professional golf and is currently working with Matt Fitzpatrick on the PGA Tour.

The Yorkshireman knows all the tricks to the trade after a storied career working with Seve Ballesteros, Lee Westwood, Thomas Bjorn and Darren Clarke, just to name a few.

His former boss Westwood now operates on the breakaway LIV league, which Foster says “looks like it has been designed by the caddies association.”

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“The caddies get all their expenses paid, the flights and hotels,” he told Genting Casino. “They get the food paid for. They put money behind the bar for the caddies to have a drink.

“All the tee times are in the afternoon. It’s a shotgun start. They play three rounds instead of four. And the prize money, whether you play good, bad or ugly, is very handsome. Players still get quite a bit of money for playing poorly. From a caddie’s point of view, it’s the dream, the LIV Tour.”

Foster, meanwhile, is scaling back his caddie duties for the first time in 2025.

“I’m job sharing with Dan Parrott,” the 61-year-old explained. “Dan’s caddied for about 15 years with the likes of Ben An, Thorbjorn Olesen and KH Lee. He’s got a young family he wants to do a little bit less and I’m just getting ready for my bus pass.

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“42 years of caddying, with all the transatlantic flying, you’re walking the best part of 50 miles a week with four stone on your back and it’s just catching up with me a bit. I just figured I’ll just do a little bit less.” 

No wonder a life lived on the road has taken it’s toll.

“I used to be 6’5″ when I started, now I’m getting down to 5’7″,” Foster joked. “I just figured I’d do about 15 tournaments a year. I’m still going to be doing most of the big tournaments. 

“It’s given me a better chance to get myself a bit fitter. I might start playing a bit of golf again and doing things that you miss out on for years. 

“If I don’t like it I’ll try and go back full time. We’ll see.”

Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.