Life has been extremely good for Ted Scott since agreeing to work with Scottie Scheffler back in 2022.
The caddie has enjoyed a front-row seat as Scheffler has run riot through a large number of PGA Tour fields, picked up his first four Majors and soared to the very top of the Official World Golf Ranking.
While he still has to work hard carrying that heavy tour bag and ensure he gives Scheffler the right number on each occasion, Scott will undoubtedly have been extremely well compensated by his boss at the end of each event.
Bag staff are usually paid a weekly or yearly salary or kept on a retainer, with each week presenting a new opportunity for an extra bump in their earnings.
Assuming that Scheffler complies with what is thought to be the standard cut for a caddie on the PGA Tour - 10% of the winner's check and between 5-7% depending on how high up a player finishes - Scott is likely to have taken home several millions of dollars in bonuses over the past few years.
In 2024 alone, thanks to a nine-win season, it is possible Scott picked up in excess of $5 million on top of his annual salary. In the space of a particularly successful 44 days last term, Scheffler earned $16,253,735 in prize money and could well have shared $1,608,761 of that with his on-course assistant.
Although there was a brief delay to the start of Scheffler's 2025 campaign due to a freak hand injury sustained while making ravioli on Christmas Day, the best male golfer on the planet wasted little time before adding significant numbers to his and Scott's earnings once again.
Two top-10s in February and a T25th result saw Scheffler pick up a shade over $1.8 million. Using the standard caddie cut as a guide, Scott could have welcomed almost $125,000 before March arrived.
The pro looper may well have picked up around $93,000 more in bonus money throughout March given there was a runner-up finish at the Houston Open and two further results between 11th and 20th completing Scheffler's three-tournament stretch.
In the run up to Scheffler's first win of the year at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in May, the World No.1 really ramped up his earning power via a couple more top-10s. Tournaments seven to nine of the year garnered $3.37 million for Scheffler and a possible $290,000 or so for his bagman.
As it was always likely to, a first win of the campaign lit the touch paper for an incredible run of form from the World No.1. That CJ Cup Byron Nelson victory was the first of three inside four starts.
The middle triumph came at the PGA Championship for Scheffler's third Major and a $3.42 million check. The next was arrived at the Memorial Tournament and secured Scheffler $4 million. Consequently, Scott may have picked up a $742,000 bonus.
Three further top-10s around the same time banked the adopted Texan another $1.7 million or so, with roughly $121,680 tacked onto Scott's paychecks.
From the start of July until the Ryder Cup, Scheffler alternated top-10s with victories - securing three titles in six appearances on the PGA Tour.
Following a solid warm-up to The Open via a T8th result at the Genesis Scottish Open, Scheffler went and clinched a fourth Major at a canter in Northern Ireland. The World No.1 eased to victory at The Open and racked up around $3.33 million across two weeks in the UK, with a potential $326,000 or so being funnelled to his experienced assistant.
Once he returned to the US for the FedEx Cup, Scheffler reigned supreme at the BMW Championship while maintaining his record of top-10s in the other two Playoff events.
A healthy month of earning power - not taking into account his FedEx Cup bonus money - saw Scheffler scoop a little more than $7.4 million on course with perhaps circa $620,000 being passed along.
Before teeing it up in the Ryder Cup, Scheffler warmed up for Bethpage Black in the only way he knows how - by winning the Procore Championship. Another victory gave Scheffler a little over $1 million in prize money as a little more than $100,000 could well have been sent to Scott.
All in all, Scott could easily have earned just under $2.5 million in bonus money alone this term on top of the undisclosed salary he picks up for being linked to the four-time Major winner.
Compare that to the PGA Tour pro's average earnings at this stage of the year - $2,171,357 - and you'll see it could pay more to carry clubs instead of swinging them.
Below, we've listed Scheffler's results, prize money payouts and the potential bonus money he could have shared with Scott so far in 2025.
Ted Scott Earnings 2025
Event |
Position |
Scheffler Prize Money |
Predicted Caddie Rate |
Possible Caddie Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |
T9th |
$535,000 |
7% |
$37,450 |
WM Phoenix Open |
T25th |
$69,197.14 |
5% |
$3,459.86 |
Genesis Invitational |
T3rd |
$1,200,000 |
7% |
$84,000 |
Arnold Palmer Invitational |
T11th |
$451,250 |
5% |
$22,562.50 |
The Players Championship |
T20th |
$240,250 |
5% |
$12,012.50 |
Texas Children's Houston Open |
T2nd |
$845,500 |
7% |
$59,185 |
The Masters |
4th |
$1,008,000 |
7% |
$70,560 |
RBC Heritage |
T8th |
$580,000 |
7% |
$40,600 |
CJ Cup Byron Nelson |
1st |
$1,782,000 |
10% |
$178,200 |
PGA Championship |
1st |
$3,420,000 |
10% |
$342,000 |
Charles Schwab Challenge |
T4th |
$427,500 |
7% |
$29,925 |
the Memorial Tournament |
1st |
$4,000,000 |
10% |
$400,000 |
US Open |
T7th |
$615,786 |
7% |
$43,105.02 |
Travelers Championship |
T6th |
$695,000 |
7% |
$48,650 |
Genesis Scottish Open |
T8th |
$233,400 |
7% |
$16,338 |
The Open Championship |
1st |
$3,100,000 |
10% |
$310,000 |
FedEx St Jude Championship |
T3rd |
$1,160,000 |
7% |
$81,200 |
BMW Championship |
1st |
$3,600,000 |
10% |
$360,000 |
Tour Championship |
T4th |
$2,616,666.67 |
7% |
$183,166.67 |
Procore Championship |
1st |
$1,080,000 |
10% |
$108,000 |
TOTAL |
TOTAL |
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$27,659,549.67 |
$2,430,414.55 |
Ted Scott Earnings 2024
Event |
Position |
Scheffler Prize Money |
Predicted Caddie Rate |
Possible Caddie Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Sentry |
T5th |
$690,500 |
7% |
$48,335 |
The American Express |
T17th |
$132,300 |
5% |
$6,615 |
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |
T6th |
$642,500 |
7% |
$44,795 |
WM Phoenix Open |
T3rd |
$519,200 |
7% |
$36,344 |
Genesis Invitational |
T10th |
$455,000 |
7% |
$31,850 |
Arnold Palmer Invitational |
1st |
$4,000,000 |
10% |
$400,000 |
The Players Championship |
1st |
$4,500,000 |
10% |
$450,000 |
Houston Open |
T2nd |
$553,735 |
7% |
$38,761 |
The Masters |
1st |
$3,600,000 |
10% |
$360,000 |
RBC Heritage |
1st |
$3,600,000 |
10% |
$360,000 |
PGA Championship |
T8th |
$521,417.50 |
7% |
$36,499 |
Charles Schwab Challenge |
T2nd |
$809,900 |
7% |
$56,693 |
The Memorial Tournament |
1st |
$4,000,000 |
10% |
$400,000 |
US Open |
T41st |
$72,305 |
5% |
$3,615 |
Travelers Championship |
1st |
$3,600,000 |
10% |
$360,000 |
Open Championship |
T7th |
$451,833 |
7% |
$31,628 |
FedEx St Jude Championship |
4th |
$960,000 |
7% |
$67,200 |
BMW Championship |
T33 |
$119,666 |
5% |
$5,983 |
Tour Championship |
1st |
$25,000,000 |
10% |
$2,500,000 |
Hero World Challenge |
1st |
$1,000,000 |
10% |
$100,000 |
TOTAL |
TOTAL |
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$55,228,357 |
$5,338,318 |
