PGA superstar Scottie Scheffler 2024 season has been nothing short of spectacular.
And Scheffler’s long-time caddie broke the bank thanks to Scheffler’s stellar play this season, bringing in a massive amount of money for a caddie, even doubling earnings of some of the sport’s best golfers.
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Scheffler found the winner’s circle nine times in 21 starts in 2024 including a win at the Masters, The Players, and the Olympics all en route to winning the first FedEx Cup of his career.
According to sport and culture media outlet, Outkick, you have to go back to 2006 to find the last player to have won nine times worldwide in a single season, which was Tiger Woods.
Scheffler did not miss a cut all season, had a pair of runner-up finishes along the way as well, and finished outside of the Top 25 on just two occasions.
His largest payday, $25 million, came with his win at the Tour Championship while his second-largest check came after he won The Players, taking home $4.5 million with the golden trophy.
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Scottie Scheffler's caddie, Ted Scott, earned an estimated $5.2 million this season, as Scheffler dominated the PGA Tour. Here's the full breakdown: https://t.co/WKJWxPCfoR
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All in all, Scheffler’s earnings for his 2024 season came to be $55,228,358.
While it’s unclear what Scheffler and Scott’s payment agreement is, the normal scale for player-caddie payments typically sees a caddie earn 10 percent of winnings if following a win, seven percent for a top 10 and five percent for a made cut, according to Outkick.
If we follow that formula, Scott earned roughly $5.4 million in 2024.
That number is more than double the PGA Tour average earnings for the year of $2,109,985.
For perspective Scott out-earned some of the sports best players in 2024 including stars like Justin Thomas, Adam Scott, Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood, Will Zalatoris, Max Homa, and Tom Kim.