Who Is Mackenzie Hughes' Caddie?

A member of the PGA Tour since 2016, Mackenzie Hughes has won twice on the PGA Tour at the 2016 RSM Classic and the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Hughes has previously reached a career-high world ranking of 39th and now goes in search of his third win alongside his caddie Julien Trudeau.

Trudeau has been a professional caddie since 2014 and in that time has worked with several high-profile PGA Tour players, including Adam Long, Graham DeLaet, Russell Knox, Colt Knost and Joel Dahmen.

Prior to becoming a caddie, the Canadian pursued a career as a professional golfer in his own right. As a student at Chaparral High School, he was part of the school's golf team that won the 1998 Arizona State High School Championship. In 2010, he competed on the Nationwide Tour but made the cut in just two events. 

Trudeau and Hughes started working together in November 2023 at the Worldwide Technology Championship, registering a T7 finish in their first event together.

Before working with Trudeau, Hughes had Jace Walker on the bag. The pair worked together for three years and won once at the aforementioned Sanderson Farms Championship in 2022.

However, after a poor run in the summer of 2023, including missing the cut when defending his title in Mississippi, Hughes decided to make a switch. 

Explaining the decision recently, he said: “I just felt like I had just not really a great year and I was kind of looking (for) something fresh. It's no fun doing that. 

"My old caddie and I were really close and it's a tough decision to make but it just kind of felt like that was something I needed.”