Alan Burns: Conservative Targets, Aggressive Swings

Alan Burns has spent 15 years working across the European Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour — accumulating four wins and a reputation as a caddie who makes champions feel calm and decisive under pressure. His strategic philosophy is disarmingly simple: choose a conservative target, then swing at it with full commitment. No heroics. No hesitation.

“We choose boring targets and make confident swings. That's the formula. Safe plan. Committed motion.”

Brandon Stone's Final-Round 60 at the Scottish Open

In 2018, Burns was on the bag when Brandon Stone shot a final-round 60 at the Scottish Open. Rounds of 60 at Tour level require perfect execution under maximum pressure — every club selection, every green-read, every target has to be precisely right. Burns's calm, methodical approach provided the framework for one of the most remarkable rounds of that European Tour season.

Caddying at Augusta: Justin Harding's T12 at the Masters

The Masters demands strategic precision that exceeds almost any other tournament on the calendar. Burns caddied for Justin Harding's impressive T12 finish at the 2019 Masters — executing a game plan on Augusta National's notoriously complex course while managing the atmosphere of the most iconic Major in golf.

International Experience as a Competitive Edge

Burns's experience across multiple Tours gives him a breadth of course knowledge that purely PGA Tour caddies rarely develop. He's read greens from Johannesburg to St Andrews, worked in heat and cold, fast conditions and soft. That range of experience means he can build a game plan that accounts for conditions most caddies have never encountered.