Mike Hall
When it comes to success on the PGA Tour, a good caddie can make all the difference. In Davis Riley's case, that appears to ring true, with the American enjoying a quick rise up the ranks in the early years of his professional career.
After turning pro in 2019, Riley secured his PGA Tour card in 2022, and picked up a number of fantastic results, including a runner-up placing at the Valspar Championship, as well as multiple top-10 finishes.
For that early success, Riley's caddie was Lance Bennett, who he teamed up with in July 2021, three years before he became Tiger Woods' bagman. The two parted ways in 2023, with Riley then turning to James Edmonson, who was alongside him when he claimed his maiden PGA Tour win in a team with Nick Hardy at that year's Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Despite that success, by the start of 2024, Riley had another full-time caddie working with him, David Streza, who had previously caddied for players including Hunter Haas, Brandon Wu and Jamie Lovemark.
It wasn't long before the new partnership yielded results, with Riley's second PGA Tour win coming at that year's Charles Schwab Challenge. After winning by five, he explained that he had told Streza exactly how he wanted to approach the challenge heading into the final round.
Streza helped Riley win the Charles Schwab Challenge
He told Streza: “I want to get lost in the process of it. I want to just be so focused on what I'm doing, the process I'm going through, picking targets, being really detail-oriented.
"I just wanted to get lost in that and then show up on 16 and 17 and be right where I wanted to be.”
The rest of the season wasn't as successful for Riley, with a T38 at the Wyndham Championship the best he had to show for his efforts, but in 2025, his game again began trending in the right direction, with Streza still alongside him.
He helped Riley finish T6 at the Puerto Rico Open, while he was also firmly in contention during the third round of the Valspar Championship as Riley’s faith in Streza even during his lean spell started to pay off.
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