Who is Nelly Korda’s caddie?

The Olympic Gold Medal winner is one of the world’s best players, but who is Nelly Korda’s caddie?

Born in 1998, it’s fair to say Nelly Korda could still have the best years of her career ahead of her, but the American has already tasted enormous success.

The Floridian earned her first LPGA Tour win at 20-years-old and has since represented Team USA at the Solheim Cup three times.

It’s no surprise then, that Korda is also a major champion and by her side through it all has been caddie Jason McDede.

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Nelly Korda caddie

The pair started working together at the beginning of the 2018 season, two years after makig her professional debut in 2016.

But the winning began with McDede on the bag, as Korda lifted the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship in October 2018.

Since then, they have won multiple LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour events, but the biggest scalp came at the Women’s PGA Championship in 2021.

That was undoubtedly Korda’s breakthrough year, winning four times, a gold medal and becoming the women’s No. 1 ranked player in the world.

McDede had been with a fellow LPGA Tour winner before working with Korda, as the American caddie worked for Lizette Salas.

Nelly Korda’s caddie is the husband of tour pro Caroline Masson. The German golfer is also a multiple winner and Solheim Cup star.

In 2019, McDede was met with a supporting dilemma, as Korda faced up against Masson in a play-off.

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Korda would win the three-way battle, which also featured Minjee Lee, with a birdie on the first hole.

He said: “There were some congratulations and some big-time respect from everyone in the group towards each other.

“Caroline was very happy for Nelly and myself and I think she was also proud of how hard she fought.

“You can always say ‘what if’ in golf but I think, for a long career, you have to take the good weeks and remember them more than the bad weeks.”

While McDede has been the mainstay on Korda’s bag through most of her pro career, she also had Tiger Woods’ ex-looper Joe LaCava on board at one point.

After working together for several years, McDede took an extended break for personal reasons, so Korda drafted in LaCava.

Now Patrick Cantlay’s full-time bagsman, LaCava took on Nelly’s bag for the Founders Cup in May 2023.