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Scottie Scheffler 's caddie Ted Scott could well have passed the £1.6 million ($2m) mark for the current PGA Tour season, and is no doubt set to add to that tally at the Tour Championship later this week.
Scheffler has emerged as the man to catch in 2023, both in the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedEx Cup standings. Having chopped and changed with Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, the American heads into the final event of the season as the world No. 1.
As well as his lead in the world rankings, Scheffler is also the leader of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings, and will begin the campaign finale at East Lake with a two-shot advantage over second place Viktor Hovland in the staggered stroke event.
During another season to remember for the 27-year-old, Scheffler has secured two victories, coming at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the Players Championship. The world No. 1 has also secured an impressive 16 top-10 finishes, including at three of the four major championships.
This has seen him earn a whopping £16million across the campaign. Of course every top golfer needs an equally as impressive caddie, and Scheffler appears to have found this in Scott with the pair forming quite the partnership in recent years.
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Scottie Scheffler is the man to catch in 2023 (AP)In regard to caddie earnings, the rule of thumb often leads to players paying 10% of their on-course earnings to their partner on the bag. And if this was the case for Scheffler and Scott, then this would see the caddie earn a cool £1.6m for his efforts.
The world No. 1 has the chance to add a further £14m to his seasonal earnings, ahead of this week's mega-money finale in Atlanta. Scheffler makes his way to the Tour Championship hunting down his first FedEx Cup, following a near-miss in 2022.
Like this year, the world No. 1 began the event as the man to catch but was chased down by McIlroy. The Northern Irishman started a whopping six shots behind Scheffler, but an impressive display across the four days saw him him overturn that margin and defeat his American rival by a single shot.