Life is extremely good for Ted Scott right now. The caddie is working for World No.1, Scottie Scheffler and he has the best seat in the house as the 27-year-old runs riot through every PGA Tour field that is put together.
While he, of course, still has to work hard carrying that heavy tour bag and ensuring he gives Scheffler the right number on each occasion, Scott has been extremely well compensated by his boss once the final running order has been set on Sunday night (or in the case of the RBC Heritage, Monday morning).
Assuming that Scheffler adheres to what is thought to be the standard cut for a caddie on the PGA Tour – which usually sees the looper earn 10% of the winner’s check and between 5-7% depending on how high up a player finishes – Scott could well have taken home a bonus of almost $1.8 million so far this season.
If he were eligible, that would put Scott 38th in PGA Tour’s money list for 2024 – ahead of players like Rory McIlroy and Tony Finau and means he has earned around double the PGA Tour player average at this point.
Bag staff are usually paid a yearly salary or kept on a retainer anyway, with each week presenting a new opportunity for an extra bump in their earnings.
Scottie Scheffler celebrates after becoming the Masters champion in 2024
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Beginning with a T5 result at The Sentry in what was the opening event of the new season, Scheffler earned a very healthy $690,500 check. Assuming that Scott earned seven per cent, the caddie would have taken home $48,355.
After an uncharacteristic week at the American Express where Scheffler *only* finished T17 and won *just* $132,300, his caddie is likely to have picked up a $6,615 check.
That “slump” was quickly arrested, though, with Scheffler securing three top-10s in a row over the course of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, WM Phoenix Open, and the Genesis Invitational which secured him $1,616,700 in prize money – $113,169 of which went to Scott.
From there, Scheffler went on a run that has seldom been seen on the PGA Tour – with Nelly Korda scooping five wins in a row on the LPGA Tour at a similar time. Starting with the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scheffler then claimed The Players Championship before coming second to Stephan Jaeger at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
To make up for…
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