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Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott's incredible earnings revealed after world No 1's third win in a MONTH
Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott's incredible earnings revealed after world No 1's third win in a MONTH

Daily Mail​

time3 days ago

  • Business
  • Daily Mail​

Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott's incredible earnings revealed after world No 1's third win in a MONTH

The incredible month of golf that Scottie Scheffler has had is leading to a big pay day - not only for the World No. 1 player, but his caddie as well. Scheffler has really gotten into the swing of things in May - winning the Byron Nelson, the PGA Championship, and the Memorial Tournament which just wrapped up on Sunday. Add to that a T4 finish last week in the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial and Scheffler has raked in $9.629million in tournaments this month. That means not only a huge pay day for Scheffler, but also for his caddie - Ted Scott. Assuming that Scheffler pays Scott the industry standard ten percent of his winnings, that means the caddie has made himself $963,000 in the month of May. It's a huge haul that not only puts Scott ahead of plenty of golfers for the month, it would put him in the top 90 highest earners for the PGA Tour season. Scott earned more money in May than five of the top-10 golfers on the PGA Tour's money list. That includes Rory McIlroy (who played in two events), Russell Henley, Colin Morikawa, Andrew Novak, and Ludvig Aberg. Outside of the top-10, other notable names Scott out-earned include Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Rose. But it goes even further. Just on the May earnings alone, if Scott was a golfer, he'd be 90th on the money list. That would put him just behind the likes of Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim, but ahead of golfers like Sam Ryder, Joel Dahmen, Max Homa, and Sahith Theegala. Those May earnings from Scheffler make up the bulk of the $13.9million he's earned in tour events this year - netting Scott roughly $1.397m. Scott's $1.397m would move him up to 71st on the PGA Tour money list - sandwiching him between Wyndham Clark ($1.436m) and Matt Fitzpatrick ($1.387m). Interestingly, Scheffler earned more money by winning the Memorial than he did winning his third career major at the PGA Championship over two weeks ago. The chances for him to earn more money lie ahead in June with a series of key events. Scheffler is not in the field this coming weekend for the RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. However, he will be using that time off to prepare for the upcoming US Open at Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania. Following that is the final 'signature event' on the PGA Tour calendar - the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut, which carries a purse of $20million. Scheffler won this event the year prior, outlasting Tom Kim in a playoff. Rounding out the month is the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Michigan.

Ben Griffin earns first individual PGA Tour victory at Colonial
Ben Griffin earns first individual PGA Tour victory at Colonial

CBS News

time26-05-2025

  • Sport
  • CBS News

Ben Griffin earns first individual PGA Tour victory at Colonial

Ben Griffin figured it wouldn't be easy even after immediately breaking his tie with co-leader Matti Schmid and leading by five shots just five holes into the final round at Colonial. Schmid kept it interesting all the way to the end. Griffin earned his first individual PGA Tour victory a month after winning a team event, shooting 1-over 71 to finish at 12-under 268 in the Charles Schwab Challenge, one shot ahead of Schmid as both struggled on a warm day with wind gusts around 30 mph at Hogan's Alley. Charles Schwab Challenge payout at Colonial The purse for the PGA Tour in Texas is $9.5 million, according to BetMGM, with a $1,710,000 winner's share. Ben Griffin tees off on the fifteenth hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ben Griffin beats Matti Schmid by 1 Schmid forced Griffin to make a 4-foot par putt on the 72nd hole after his chip from the deep rough behind the green went in for birdie. Griffin saved par from the rough, standing in a bunker while choking way down on the club with the ball well above his feet on his chip. Schmid shot 72. "First of all, it was like whack-a-mole hitting that third shot," Griffin said. "In my head, I was thinking Matti might probably make that. Fortunately, I had that 4-footer. I felt pretty good over it. Just left edge and trust it." Griffin and Schmid, the 27-year-old German seeking his first tour win in his 79th start, had matching scores each of the first three days. Schmid was the one who surged in front early in the third round, taking a three-shot lead. Griffin had a five-shot edge after just five holes in the final round, and finally let Schmid get within a stroke with a two-shot swing at 16 before getting the lead back to two with a hole to play. Scottie Scheffler's score Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1 and hometown favorite who won the PGA Championship last week, couldn't match his Saturday surge from 10 shots back. The three-time major winner began the day six shots back, but had just two birdies and a bogey in a 69 to finish 8 under. Scheffler fell short of becoming the first to win three consecutive starts since Dustin Johnson eight years ago, and just missed a fourth consecutive year of finishing in the top three at Colonial. He tied for fourth, one shot behind Bud Cauley, who shot 67. "Overall it was a really challenging day," Scheffler said. "I think Friday probably hurt me in terms of winning this tournament, but overall three of the four days I played what I felt was pretty solid." Rickie Fowler never threatened the co-leaders, either, starting slowly and ending his fading hopes with a 7 on the par-5 11th. Fowler, who entered ranked 127th after being in the top 25 as recently as early 2024, shot 74. The 29-year-old Griffin teamed with Andrew Novak, who finished 6 under at Colonial, for the victory at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans last month. They left openings for others then, just as Griffin did Sunday. Griffin and Schmid took a four-shot lead into the final round, and stayed 1-2 despite both finishing over par for the day. Schmid had six bogeys and a double bogey to go with six birdies, while Griffin had four bogeys after opening with an eagle and a birdie. "No lead is ever safe on the PGA Tour," Griffin said. "It can feel like a tournament's done. Maybe if it's Scottie Scheffler with a five-shot lead, it's done. I was trying to keep the pedal down. I kept hitting a lot of drivers, kept trying to give myself birdie putts. I just didn't give myself a lot of birdie putts." Griffin hit just four of 14 fairways and seven of 18 greens but made consecutive testy par putts on the back nine, the first on the par-4 14th leaving him with a three-shot lead when Schmid missed a shorter putt for par. Schmid got within one by hitting his tee shot inside 3 feet at the par-3 16th before Griffin missed a par putt. The momentum swung again on the next hole when Griffin saved par from behind a tree in the fairway and Schmid curiously aimed away from the hole with his ball plugged in a bunker, ended up in the rough and made bogey. "The only two places were right of the green or long left, and I think then I would have had to chip up and over," Schmid said. "I think the up-and-down was a little more straightforward. At that point I just tried to make a five, and thankfully I did it." Then he made things interesting on the final hole. "Honestly I just tried to hit it long left a little bit," Schmid said. "Hit it pretty high so it would stop quite quickly and just came out a bit right and went in. A bit of luck, but deserved it." Tommy Fleetwood had the other highlight on 18, after shooting a 31 on the front nine to get into contention but losing momentum with a bogey at 11. His birdie putt on the final hole stopped on the lip of the cup, and he waited almost 30 seconds hoping the gusting wind would push the ball into the hole. Nature obliged. Fleetwood shot 68 to tie Scheffler in his 41st top-10 finish on the PGA Tour, the most by a player without a victory since 1983.

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