The 2024 eye-watering earnings of Scottie Scheffler ‘s caddie has incredibly trumped that of golf icon Tiger Woods.
The world No. 1 has had a stormer of a season, which saw him capture The Players’ Championship in March earlier this year before clinching a second Masters title of his career just a month later.
The wins just kept coming for the 28-year-old, who added a further four PGA Tour tournament triumphs to his name alongside securing a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
His latest victory – which was the FedEx Cup on Sunday (September 1) – saw the American bank the tournament’s £19million ($25m) prize, the richest in the sport.
Scheffler’s eight wins this season has equalled Woods’ remarkable 2006 season and the former’s £47million earnings this year will not only benefit the golf behemoth himself, but his caddie Ted Scott. The Olympic champion has worked with him since 2021, following Scott’s 15-year partnership with two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson.
Should Scheffler stick to the standard 10-7-5 structure for a caddies’ pay, where a caddie receives 10% of the winner’s check for victories, 7% for top-10s and 5% for everything else, Scott is set to earn nearly £4million.