Ted Scott Had a Big Year As the Eyes and Book of Wisdom for Scottie Scheffler

Turbo Tax free software might not cut it for Ted Scott when he prepares his 2024 returns. 

Scott puts a bow on his fourth year as the caddie for the World No. 1 golfer with a few extra zeroes on his check. 

Nine times in 21 starts, Scottie Scheffler found the winner’s circle last season. He also won the gold medal in Paris. Each time, Scott was on the bag. 

Among Scheffler’s largest tournament checks this season, he won $25 million for a victory in the Tour Championship and $4.5 million at The Players Championship. 

How much of that drops into Scott’s account is, Scheffler said, an accounting question. On an appearance on Barstool’s Pardon My Take, Scheffler said he doesn’t handle any direct, outgoing payments because ”I’m a child and I can’t keep track of all that stuff.”

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The going rate on the PGA Tour is approximately 10 percent of winnings by tournament, reduced for higher finishes to around 7 percent for a top-10 finish and in the range of 5 percent for making the cut. Scheffler made the cut in all 21 events, had 17 top-10s and pocketed more than $55 million. Before winning the Tour championship at East Lake, Scheffler was a few dollars shy of $30 million in total earnings and $11 million ahead of No. 2 on the list, Xander Schauffele. 

Scott previously worked as the caddie for Bubba Watson for 15 seasons. In 2024, estimates for his earnings are over $2.59 million for Scheffler’s tournament wins before the PGA Tour Championship, where he was reportedly paid $2.5 million. 

At $5.2 million, Scott’s take for shared victories last season with Scheffler would rank No. 20 on the PGA Tour money list for last season. Brian Harman made $5.138 million with three top-10 finishes and 13 top-25s. He didn’t have a tournament win in 2024.

Deposits considered well north of decent and payments with six zeroes were plentiful before Scott joined Scheffler, who met at a bible study.

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Scott was caddie for both of Watson’s Masters wins (2012, 2014) and, approaching 50 at the time, planned to become a swing coach when they split in 2021.

Then Scheffler made his call, a level of discernment from Scott gave him pause. He asked the fiery Scheffler to commit to checking his temper on the course, and the (mostly) quiet – OK, less volatile — assassin persona was born (hey, nobody’s perfect).

“I just think the world of him as a person so that was why I was attracted to him just being a potential good partner for me out on the course. I really want to work with a Christian. That’s how I try to live my life,” Scheffler said.