Matt McCarty has won the inaugural season of the 2024 Black Desert Championship. The third tournament of the PGA Tour's FedExCup Fall wrapped up on Thursday, October 13.
McCarty was accompanied by his caddie, Devrath Das, in the victory. McCarty carded 62, 68, 64, and 67 in the four rounds of the tournament. He won his PGA Tour victory by sinking a putt. Talking about it, his caddie Das said:
"I knew where it was going. I was looking at my buddy; I didn’t even see the shot. Matt can bang fairways."
Devrath Das did his high school at St. Francis High School in San Jose, California. He played golf at his high school, where he led his team to win the Viking Classic. In the amateur tournament, Das finished as the runner-up at the 2015 California Junior Amateur. He has six top-5 finishes on the NCGA Junior Tour.
Das attended college at Santa Clara University in California. He did his minor in economics and did his bachelor's degree in communication and media studies. He played collegiate golf and was a part of the men's golf team.
In college, he had a scoring average of 77.00 in seven events. He met Matt McCarty during his college. McCarty turned professional in 2021. Das has been caddying for his college teammate for three seasons. They also adopted the nickname "Road Dawgs" at the Korn Ferry Tour.
As per Devrath Das' LinkedIn profile, he previously worked as a junior club coach at the La Rinconada Country Club. He was an assistant manager at a South Indian restaurant during his college. He worked briefly at Barracuda as a sales representative before joining McCarty.
After his third Korn Ferry Tour victory, Matt McCarty said (via Santa Clara Broncos):
"Being able to have a buddy that could commit to being a full-time person early and trying it out and then going from there, it made it easy for both of us but also less stressful for me, too. It's been fun and it made it easier the first year traveling together and the comfortability aspect of being in so many new places, but doing it with a buddy made it great."
Matt McCarty has jumped to 95th from 232nd in the FedExCup standings because of his victory at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah. He gained 500 FedExCup Fall points courtesy of the win.
How has Matt McCarty performed in 2024?
Matt McCarty is having a dreamy 2024 season. He has had three wins on the Korn Ferry Tour and his first PGA Tour win. McCarty finished first on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List standings. He was more than 500 points ahead of second-positioned Max McGreevy.
He has won the Price Cutter Charity Championship, Albertsons Boise Open, and Pinnacle Bank Championship this year on the PGA Tour. He has had total earnings of $1,001,602 on the Korn Ferry Tour this year with three wins and 12 top-25 finishes.
Let's take a look at Matt McCarty's performances in the 2024 season:
2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments
- Sanderson Farms Championship: T63 (66-71-71-72, 280, -8)
- Black Desert Championship: 1 (62-68-64-67, 261, -23)
2024 Korn Ferry Tournaments
- Bahamas Great Exuma Classic: T60 (69-72-72-78, 291, +3)
- Bahamas Great Abaco Classic: T27 (69-75-72-72, 288, E)
- The Panama Championship: T63 (70-72-74-73, 289, +9)
- Astara Golf Championship: T41 (70-65-69-68, 272, -11)
- 117 Visa Argentina Open: T26 (64-71-70-66, 271, -9)
- Astara Chile Classic: T3 (69-69-66-68, 272, -16)
- Club Car Championship: Missed Cut (75-72, 147, +3)
- LECOM Suncoast Classic: T30 (67-67-68-69, 271, -13)
- Veritex Bank Championship: Missed Cut (68-70, 138, -4)
- AdventHealth Championship: T4 (70-65-72-64, 271, -17)
- Visit Knoxville Open: Missed Cut (70-69, 139, -1)
- UNC Health Championship: Missed Cut (70-73, 143, +3)
- BMW Charity Pro-Am: T12 (65-67-67-71, 270, -15)
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open: T17 (70-66-66-67, 269, -11)
- Compliance Solutions Championship: T31 (69-66-73-69, 277, -11)
- Memorial Health Championship: T20 (66-68-62-71, 267, -17)
- The Ascendant: T5 (65-68-64-75, 272, -16)
- Price Cutter Charity Championship: 1 (65-67-65-66, 263, -25)
- NV5 Invitational: T26 (65-69-63-71, 268, -16)
- Utah Championship: T2 (70-62-61-68, 261, -23)
- Pinnacle Bank Championship: 1 (69-67-67-67, 270, -14)
- Magnit Championship: T9 (70-70-68-67, 275, -13)
- Albertsons Boise Open: 1 (63-64-67-69, 263, -21)
- Simmons Bank Open: T35 (69-66-67-68, 270, -10)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: T5 (66-69-69-70, 274, -10)