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Brand-new bag: 'Bones' to caddie for J.T., limit TV
Longtime caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay will significantly cut back on his TV analyst duties to carry the bag full time for Justin Thomas, with whom he won a WGC event in Memphis in 2020.
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Justin Thomas has lured Jim "Bones'' Mackay away from his full-time broadcasting job to be his full-time caddie.
The sixth-ranked player in the world who won the Players Championship in March and was a member of the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup parted ways with long-time caddie Jimmy Johnson, who had been with Thomas since he turned pro in 2015.
Mackay will still work for Golf Channel on a limited basis.
"It came out of left field very recently,'' Mackay told Golf Channel. "I have just tremendous respect for him as a person and a player. It was an incredible phone call to get and I said yes.
"I love to caddie and I loved my role with NBC/Golf Channel, but it's Justin Thomas."