Mike Burrows is the caddie for PGA Tour breakout star Robert MacIntyre. The two have worked together since 2024 with Burrow on the bag for some of the Scotsman’s biggest Tour moments.
Here’s what you need to know about Robert MacIntyre’s caddie, Mike Burrow.
1. The two started working together before the full-time move in 2024
MacIntyre hired Burrow as his full-time looper midway through 2024, and he’s been on the bag since. That was the culmination of some caddie musical chairs for MacIntyre, who has had a few caddies (including his father) in his professional career. However, the two worked together before going official, with Burrow working for MacIntyre late in the 2023 season. While Burrow wasn’t working for him at the 2023 Ryder Cup, Burrow came aboard for the late-year charge toward the end of the year. MacIntyre picked up a top-10 finish at the Qatar Masters and finished tied for 18th DP World Tour Championship and 13th for the season.
2. Burrow is a veteran caddie with multiple players
Veterans like Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Marcus Armitage are among Burrow’s past bosses, but he really broke through when he got on the bag for Haotong Li, who was a top-60 player in the world when he hired Burrow. Additionally, while MacIntyre hadn’t qualified for the 2024 Masters, Burrow still found his way to Augusta National Golf Club. He caddied for 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett at the ’24 Masters where Willett finished tied for 45th.
3. He once cost a player nearly $100,000
Burrow’s low moment as a pro isn’t hard to pinpoint. In 2019, shortly after some significant changes to the rules of golf, Burrow made a massive mistake. Working for Haotong Li, Burrow broke the new rule prohibiting caddies from standing on the line of play behind a player’s ball. The infraction came at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, and it was a costly one. Li took a two-stroke penalty, one that knocked him out of the top 10 and cost him a whopping $98,000 in prize money.
4. MacIntyre has played the best golf of his career with Burrow
The 2024 and 2025 season served as a breakout run for MacIntyre. He won the 2024 RBC Canadian Open with his dad on the bag. That was never going to be a full-time thing — “I’m a grass cutter,” his dad said after that win — and Burrow came on board. After missing the cut at the U.S. Open, MacIntyre got on a bit of a tear. He won the Genesis Scottish Open in his home country before a top-10 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and a 17th-place finish at the Tour Championship. Then, MacIntyre had nine top-20 finishes for the season entering the 2025 FedEx Cup playoffs, including top-10 finishes at The Players, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
5. Burrow’s caddie dream is about to come true
Burrow, who’s from Newcastle (and roots for Sunderland), told Northern Yorkshire Golfer that he, like most caddies, chased a playing career of his own before ultimately falling short.
“The next best thing is carrying the bag,” he told the publication.
He added: “You get a front row seat to the best golf in the world. … I’d happily take that while getting to be inside the ropes with the best golfers in the world. If England got to the World Cup final, you couldn’t just go and sit in the dugout between the players. As a caddie, working for one of the best players int he world, I’m right there at the biggest events in the world.”
He also said his goal was to one day work the Ryder Cup, which he’ll get a chance to do with MacIntyre in 2025 at Bethpage Black.
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