Jason Timmis started out playing at Stockton Brook’s Greenway Hall Golf Club
Timmis is also set for a large payday(Image: Getty)
Stoke-on-Trent caddie Jason Timmis has been thrust in the spotlight again after helping Aaron Rai to PGA Championship glory. And Jason, who started out playing at Stockton Brook’s Greenway Hall Golf Club, is in line for a windfall after Aaron – who was raised in Wombourne – banked roughly £2.7million for his efforts at Aronimink Golf Club.
The Wanamaker Trophy was raised aloft by an Englishman for the first time in over a century on Sunday evening, as 31-year-old Aaron pieced together a jaw-dropping back nine to win his first major title. Aaron had never finished inside the top-10 at one of golf’s major championships before he started his final round, but showed impressive composure as he played his way into title contention. A 69-footer on the 17th green was the clincher as he finished on nine-under and was crowned champion.
The Express reports how the USPGA’s prize fund was increased to £15m this year and Rai pockets around £2.7m. His looper, Jason, who also played at Westwood Golf Club and Newcastle Golf Club, will take home a hefty percentage of this prize money. Caddies typically receive around 10 per cent of a player’s winnings in professional golf, though it is worth noting that this can vary depending on the partnership between the two.
Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship(Image: Getty)
For Jason, of Baddeley Green, this could mean that Rai’s PGA Championship win has made him £270,000 richer. Jason appeared in The Sentinel back in 2007 when the talented golfer was ready to jet off to Dubai for a tournament. Aaron has been working with Jason for seven years, having first linked up in 2019. This windfall is the biggest won by Rai during his career on the PGA Tour, during which he has amassed around £12m in total. His win at Aronimink contributes to nearly a quarter of this.
He last won on Tour at the 2024 Wyndham Championship, where he bagged just over £1m for victory at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Aaron embraced his wife, Gaurika Bishnoi, after his groundbreaking major success on Sunday and pointed to his family when asked how he pulled it off.
“I think a lot of that has come from upbringing, my mom, my dad, my siblings,” Rai said. “Golf was always a very big part of my life from a very young age. But my mom and my siblings were very fast to continue to reinforce the importance of just being a good person and trying to do the right things away from golf.
“My dad was with me … every day practice-wise, and he really instilled the importance of work and dedication and trying to consistently build just good, strong habits around the game.
Golfer Jason Timmis, of Baddeley Green, was getting ready to head off to play in a tournament in Dubai
“My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age.
“She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of consistent messaging of hard work, and that was generally the environment that was there at the house. And that was at the golf course as well.”
Footage of Jason’s throw has been viewed over four million times
In a feature in Golf Monthly, it was reported how Jason had previously secured a scholarship to colleges in the USA and played in Texas and Oklahoma. He is then said to have returned to the UK and turned professional, competing on the EuroPro and various mini Tours.
He also made it through to the final stage of European Tour Q School and secured some Challenge and European Tour starts. He is then said to have switched back to coaching at Greenway Hall. Ahead of Sunday’s triumph, a post on the Greenway Hall’s Facebook page stated: “A lot of people at Greenway will know Jason, and many will remember his years here at the club. To see someone with such a strong Greenway connection out there on one of golf’s biggest stages is very special.”
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