Keighley golf caddy Billy Foster could hardly believe his luck at the World Match Play Championships last weekend.

He has been carrying the bag of Danish golfer Thomas Bjorn who holed in one at Wentworth and promptly handed over his prize - a £37,000 Toyota Land Cruiser.

"He just turned to me and said 'have it Billy, it's yours'," said Foster.

"To be fair I had been pestering him about the same model car for a couple of weeks. Toyota sponsored the competition and I was trying to do deal on one of their courtesy cars which they were selling off, but I'll believe it when the car rolls on to my drive. It was certainly a very generous gesture by Thomas."

Foster revealed he advised the 32-year-old Dane of the yardage and which club to take at the short 14th hole. "I said it was a four iron and he holed it ," said Foster. "Then he handed over the car!"

Bjorn pocketed a cheque of £400,000 after being beaten four and three by Ernie Els, who banked a cool million.

For Foster - a professional caddy for 21 years - the jetset life-style goes on. "It's getting hard now - it's a long season. I have a couple of young children and next week I'm off to Spain to caddy for Thomas in the Volvo Masters. Then it's on to America for the World Cup followed by the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. ."

But travelling the world is nothing new to Foster. He has caddied for Seve Bellesteros and Darren Clarke, and the new Bjorn-Foster partnership is doing nicely. So much so that in golfing circles, Foster is being lauded as the best caddy in the world. "I don't know about that," he said modestly. "But it's nice to hear."

Bjorn has been on the professional golf circuit for several years, and his second place in the Match Play Championships is one of his best performances.

n Foster (left) and Bjorn share a joke during the tournament.