Jaye: Sometimes if we’re waiting on a long par 5 or the nerves or something gets up, he’ll say, ‘I’ve got 21 questions, let’s go.’ Before you know it, it’s like, ‘Oh, all right, I can hit now.’ I’m not stressing out the whole time.
Matt: We also just joke about things a lot.
Jaye: We’ll use a lot of song lyrics or movie quotes after great shots. Talladega Nights, Dumb and Dumber. When I was on the course at the U.S. Open, we were leading, and he said, “So you’re saying there’s a chance.” [Laughs.] No one gets me like he does. We’re best friends off the course, but we just have a switch, where we’re all happy but then we can get serious and know how to lock in.
Matt: Most annoying thing about Jaye? When she’s hungry and a little edge, that’s when I stay a little bit.
Jaye: I do get kind of mean. [Laughs] I apologize. I’m like a child. The most annoying thing about Matt? He’ll ask me 17 times what time we’re supposed to be on the range. He’ll ask me the same question so many times. [To Matt] I love you, though!
Matt: I take preparation seriously. I walk every course. I show up two hours early, and I always have two water bottles in the bag. Wet towel, two buckets ready on the range.
Jaye: Matt’s preparation is always the same. Whether we’re in the lead or not, it’s always the same. My water bottles are ready, wedges are out. I’m never wondering where he is or if anything might be different. There’s never a question of anything. But it took time to learn.
Matt: Seeing her tendencies on the course also helps me caddie better for her. Knowing her strengths, sometimes we might play shots away from a pin. We both do all the numbers on every shot and then compare. We hit shots on every shot, too – high, low, draw, fade – and there are different numbers for each of those shots.
Jaye: He knows my clubs and my game so well now, it’s easy to trust him under the gun. It’s easy to commit to what we decided. He’s also helped slow me down. He’ll say, “Jaye, this is our life out here. Every shot matters. Let’s make a good decision.”
Matt: When I put the bag down, I see a shot already. If she’s feeling the same thing, we’ll just stick with it. But if she’s feeling something different, we talk about it and usually go with her. But I’ll never let her hit the wrong shot.
Jaye: I’ve always been pretty good off the tee, but Matt’s visions really matter in iron shots. It makes it good for us because we can go for a lot of pins. We have a blast.
Matt: It’s a fun time, really.
Jaye: Our best moment was the [2017] British Open.
Matt: We were one behind the cut and had to birdie the last to make it. Pouring rain. She was going to hit a 9-iron, then switched to an 8 and holed it out. We went crazy.
Jaye: Crazy! And the next day we were eight under through 12 holes and leading the tournament. It’s just fun to have these memories with your sibling. We missed four cuts before the U.S. Open, but he’s my ride or die. It’s nice to know he’s never going to leave me and I’m never going to fire him. I can just focus on my golf game.
Matt: It feels great having the most secure job on Tour. [Laughs.] Even when we miss cuts, I know she’s not going to fire me, and I never have a thought in my brain of leaving her. I always know we’re going to connect again. You gain a relationship over the years, and you use that to win tournaments.
Jaye: It’s nice to know that through all things chaos, I’ve got this guy right here.
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