Caddie Ted Scott, 28, made a wise decision at the start of 2022 when he stopped carrying Bubba Watson’s bag to live with his new ‘boss’, an American, for 15 years Scottie Scheffler with whom he found instant comfort Since they both follow Christianity, their family and God come first in their lives.
A decision by Scheffler, a 39-year-old caddie, has now made him a millionaire after an extraordinary 2024 year With which he has won 12 tournaments, including two ‘majors’, and in the first six months of this year he has achieved no less than six victories.
Following Scheffler’s successes, Scott has earned an astonishing $2.6 million in profits in 2024 alone, And seeing how the season is developing, his income They can even reach up to three million dollars,
extraordinary profits
The earnings of caddies are not officially known, although there is a kind of agreement between them and the players that produces more or less the same figures for everyone.
Scott has won two Masters with Scottie Scheffler and another two with Bubba Watson / EFE
winning a tournament, Players usually give 10 percent of their winnings to the caddie.Based on that assumption alone, Scott has earned about $2.3 million during Scheffler’s six victories this year, including the Masters.
Most Caddies Benefit That drops to about seven percent for the top 10 and five percent for everything elsealthough it’s entirely possible that Scheffler and Scott could have a different deal in place. Even conservative estimates would give Scott more than $2.6 million so far this year.
Earn more from players
Scott’s earnings far exceed the prize money of many PGA Tour stars.. In fact, it has been estimated that Scott may have earned more money than 80% of the players on the American circuit.
lScheffler’s dictatorship in world golf is based directly on lining the pockets of his chieftains.
In fact, the $2.6 million Scott has earned so far would put him among the 50 highest-paid players this season.
There are many tournaments ahead
And the season isn’t over. Scheffler still has some exciting events left to playAt a minimum, he has the Open Championship and three FedEx Cup playoff events on his calendar.
Scheffler and Scott make a solid pair on the field and with their bank accounts /AFP
It is likely that Scheffler will also Has a two-stroke lead over everyone else in the Tour Championship due to that event’s tiered scoring method.
If he won only that tournament, he would take home $18 million including bonuses..Don’t forget that the other two playoff events award $4 million each to the winner. The Open Championship winner earned $3 million last year.
The odds will say so By season’s end, Scheffler’s on-field earnings without bonuses will exceed $35 million. With bonuses, this could easily exceed $50 million. Scott can already figure out what effect this could have on his pocket, to retire, let’s go,
