Fanny Sunesson To Caddie For Adam Scott At Carnoustie

The Swede has come out of retirement to caddie this week

fanny sunesson

The Swede has come out of retirement to caddie for Adam Scott this week

Fanny Sunesson To Caddie For Adam Scott At Carnoustie

She may have retired in 2012 but Fanny Sunesson is back this week at The Open at Carnoustie on the bag of 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott.

The Swede is known for her time with Faldo in the 90s where the pair won four majors together. She became the first female to win a men's major as a caddie.

She had most recently been caddying for her compatriot Henrik Stenson before calling it a day in 2012 due to injury.

Sunesson has turned her hand to coaching the swing and mental game after retiring as a caddie.

She is credited with helping Martin Kaymer reach the world number one spot in 2011.

Fanny Sunesson To Caddie For Adam Scott At Carnoustie

Sunesson and Stenson at the 2011 Open

Adam Scott, who has recently split with caddie Dave Clark, may well benefit from Sunesson's knowledge of the mental game.

The Aussie is still one of the game's best ball strikers, ranking 3rd on the PGA Tour in Greens in Regulation as well as well as 7th in SG: Tee to green.

However, it is on the greens where he is struggling and currently lies a lowly 192nd in the PGA Tour's SG: Putting statistics.

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If he could find some confidence with the flat stick then he'll likely have a good week at Carnoustie, perhaps Sunesson's help could be the key.

Scott has apparently spent the last three weeks up in Carnoustie practising on the course - he may well be on for a good week.

The 2013 Masters champion and former world number one has five top-10s in Opens including four in a row from 2012-2015.

He infamously bogeyed the final four holes of the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes to hand Ernie Els the Claret Jug.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV