Scottie Scheffler and his caddy, Ted Scotthave done quite a team over the last few years – a bunch of wins, two wins in the Players Championship and one pair of Masters titles.
Their partnership began with a phone call arranged by a mutual friend.
“That was one of the things (Scottie) said to me on the call, ‘I love the big moments,'” Scott said, during an appearance on this week’s GOLF Subpar podcast. “And you have to love the big moments. If you don’t, then don’t get into the big moment if you don’t like it. You’re going to feel the stress and you have to enjoy it.”
One of Scheffler’s first big moments as a professional came at the 2022 Masters, when he won his first major title. Sure, he had won the WM Phoenix Open, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in the previous two months – proving he was an elite talent – but the Masters is the Masters, and by then he would still have won a major.
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You may remember that Scheffler traveled that week at Augusta National. He led Cam Smith by three entering the final round and held a five-shot lead heading into the 18th. You may also remember what happened next – Scheffler’s four shot viral on the final green.
His caddy, Scott, also learned a lesson that day.
“That was my fault; I was completely distracted,” Scott said on the podcast. ‘ and I was like, this is a really good man. . He let his pro go off on his own and walk, and I said I’ll do that if I ever get the chance.
“And sure enough, we get up there (on the 18th at Augusta) and I’m like, ‘Hey man, take it all in dude. This is very sick.’ So he’s walking and he likes to watch and he’s very good, and we both stood on the front of the green when Cam was coming, and I’m like, “That’s pretty special, man.” And the next thing you know he’s sword fighting and I’m like, ‘Whoa, let’s not take it all in yet! Let’s get this shot in the hole and then we’ll take it all.”
Fortunately, Scheffler had some shots to play. A four-shot double bogey didn’t hurt either won his first green jacket with three.
“I tried to keep my head down and just keep doing what I was doing because I didn’t want to break my concentration,” Scheffler said afterward. “The minute I did was on the 18th green when I finally got there and I had a five-shot lead and I was like, OK, now I can enjoy this. And you saw the results of that.” (Laughs)
You can listen to the entire episode with Scott below, in which he talks about betting with Scheffler, the most beautiful shoot he’s ever seen (which is not what you would think), Scheffler’s PGA Championship arrest and more.
