Who Is Lexi Thompson's Caddie?

Lexi Thompson is one of the biggest names in women’s golf, with a professional career spanning over a decade. During her time in the paid ranks, Thompson has won 11 times on the LPGA Tour and claimed the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship (now the Chevron Championship) - an achievement which made her the second-youngest-ever Major winner at the time.

Thompson has also worked alongside a number of caddies since turning pro in 2010, including her brothers Curtis and Nicholas - and her father, Scott. Curtis is now a professional golfer himself, however, and therefore no longer has time to caddie for his sister.

From a non-family point of view, Kevin McAlpine, Jack Fulghum and Paul Drummond have also fulfilled looper duties - with the latter, a 26-year-old local part-time caddie, carrying Thompson's bag at the 2021 AIG Women's Open after being introduced by Lexi's mother via Scottish artist Graeme Baxter.

Fulghum - who was succeeded by Drummond - caddied for Thompson from December 2020 until the Tokyo Olympics in 2022. Fulghum suffered from intense heat stroke during the opening round of the Olympics, leaving Thompson to deal with several other caddies over the course of the tournament. Post-event, Thompson confirmed that the pair were not working together anymore. She said: “I think we’ve kind of separated ways for now."

Thompson had also used Bryson DeChambeau's former long-time caddie Tim Tucker for a week in December 2020, though this didn't materialise into anything long-lasting and her search for a 12th LPGA Tour title continued.

But, following a strong run of form over the second half of 2023, Thompson is hoping to maintain that positive momentum by hiring the caddie who helped to rediscover her spark on a full-time basis.

Who Is Lexi Thompson's Caddie?

Thompson will move away from having one of her family members on the bag, as she has done for much of her career, and will continue to move forward with a professional relationship she struck up towards the end of last year.

Following a stuttering start to the new LPGA Tour campaign in 2023, Thompson found some form over the second half and managed three top-10 finishes - T7 in the Annika Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, T5 at the Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America, and T8 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G. All of those results featured Colton Heisey on the bag, and Thompson will hope the high finishes continue once the LPGA Tour season begins in 2024.

Heisey was the former looper of PGA Tour player Brandon Matthews, but after the 29-year-old endured a torrid season in 2023 and finished 196th in the FedEx Fall standings, Heisey moved on in order to search for new opportunities. 

And what a job he found. After the move was confirmed by Thompson via her Instagram story, new caddie Heisey wrote a post on his own social media revealing that he would be working for the American all-star in 2024.

Acknowledging that many of his family and friends had been wondering about his job prospects over "the last few months", Heisey was delighted to announce the change.

He said: "I know many of my family and friends have been asking and wondering the last few months, who I would be working for in 2024. With that being said, I would like to let everyone know that I will be working full time for Lexi Thompson.

"I'm super grateful for the opportunity to work with one of the best to ever do it. Looking forward to a great season and doing everything I can to contribute to her success."

Although she did not win last season, Thompson claimed other accolades by becoming the latest woman to tee it up on the PGA Tour when narrowly missing the cut at the Shriners Children's Open, while she also made an ace at the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational in December - won by Jason Day and Lydia Ko - as she and playing parner Rickie Fowler ended T6.