Who Is Maverick McNealy's Caddie?
The PGA Tour pro turned to his brother Scout in 2024, and that has coincided with the best run of form of his career


Maverick McNealy’s career trajectory since turning professional in 2017 has been one to envy, and his initial success, which included making the cut in 12 of 18 starts on the Web.com Tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) the following year, was overseen with the help of bagman Travis McAlister.
Even after that solid start to life as a pro, it wasn’t without its difficulties, with McNealy developing the full-swing yips so severely that it prompted him to make a phone call to McAlister to inform him he would not be playing in the Web.com Tour Finals – a message not taken well by his caddie.
Per NBCSports.com, McNealy was told in no uncertain terms that missing the Finals wasn’t an option. He described the conversation as “one of the most pivotal phone calls of my life,” before adding: “He told me, ‘Get your butt on a plane and we’ll figure it out.’”
He made the cut and earned his PGA Tour card the following season, which he has yet to relinquish, so it's little wonder McNealy stayed with McAlister for much of his professional career.
Travis McAlister was Maverick's caddie for seven years
However, it wasn’t until McNealy parted ways with McAlister that a big omission from his resume finally came his way – a PGA Tour win.
That came after he turned to brother Scout in the summer of 2024. The plan was for Scout to caddie for the remainder of the season, starting at the Wyndham Championship. McNealy finally had his maiden PGA Tour win a little over three months after they teamed up. That came at the RSM Classic, while his world ranking jumped from 73rd in August to 30th at the end of the year.
Maverick McNealy's first PGA Tour win came at the RSM Classic, with Scout alongside him
During the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship, McNealy credited Scout with his solid form, saying: “I think my good play lately has been a lot due to the help he's given me over the last couple weeks,” before explaining what he brought to the partnership: “He's a better green reader than I am, so helps a lot.”
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Ultimately, the decision was made for the pair to continue working together through 2025. At the first event of the year, The Sentry, Maverick talked about that plan and even revealed Scout, who played for Baylor University's men's team, is a better golfer than either him or his two other brothers.
He said: “He's probably the best player out of the four of us and had some shoulder injuries and played high-level collegiate golf, and so that's probably why I went with him.”
Given what Maverick has achieved since, that must make Scout some player, because his march up the world rankings continued in the opening weeks of the season after top-10 finishes at The Sentry and WM Phoenix Open before he agonizingly missed out on the Genesis Invitational title by one shot to Ludvig Aberg.
Despite that disappointment, it took McNealy to a career-high world ranking of 14th as his partnership with Scout continued to blossom.
Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories.
He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game.
Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course.
Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.
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