{"id":359558,"date":"2025-08-20T13:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359558\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:52:34","slug":"man-scottie-scheffler-drafted-in-to-caddie-for-him-earns-eyewatering-sum-of-money-for-four-days-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359558\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Scottie Scheffler drafted in to caddie for him earns eyewatering sum of money for four days’ work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler<\/a> may have been without Ted Scott on his bag once again at the weekend but the caddie’s replacement stepped up just fine.<\/p>\n

The world No 1 was without his mainstay caddie as he teed it up at the BMW Championship last week after Scott had to leave the PGA Tour playoffs<\/a> to rush back home to Louisiana<\/a> for a family emergency earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, unfortunately for his fellow pros, even that couldn’t stop the recent Open champion as he rolled to yet another victory with substitute bagman\u00a0Michael Cromie.<\/p>\n

And after stepping in for duty, Cromie, who usually caddies for\u00a0six-time PGA Tour winner Chris Kirk, walked away from Caves Valley Golf Club with an eyewatering payday.<\/p>\n

Scheffler claimed the\u00a0BMW Championship’s staggering\u00a0$3.6 million prize money<\/a> for the victory – his fifth of the season – and in doing so, paid out a hefty sum to his replacement caddie.<\/p>\n

In golf it is customary for players to award their caddies a 10 percent cut of their winnings from tournaments, meaning, if Scheffler follows the rule, Cromie likely walked away with a $360,000 paycheck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Scottie <\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler claimed the BMW Championship without his usual caddie on the bag\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Substitute <\/p>\n

Substitute bagman Michael Cromie (right) stepped in for the world No 1 last week<\/p>\n

That figure already surpasses what Cromie would have already banked for the entire 2025 season so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old has been on the bag for Kirk since 2020 with the Tour professional pocketing $2,939,050 this season, according to the PGA Tour’s official money list. The average on Tour is\u00a0$1,977,255.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, American player failed to make the cut for the restricted 50-man field at the BMW Championship, that only sees the top players in the FedEx Cup standings compete before being whittled down again to 30 for this week’s Tour Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kirk agonizingly fell short, finishing 51st in the rankings and just one spot our of the BMW Championship’s exclusive field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, his exclusion freed up Cromie to caddie for Scheffler, who came from behind to win the tournament Sunday, beating Robert MacIntyre\u00a0by two strokes<\/a> in Maryland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0‘He’s a guy I can trust,’ Scheffler told reporters or Cromie following Sunday’s victory. ‘He’s one of Ted’s good buddies. I’d just say it’s pretty much as simple as that. Cromie is a guy that works hard. He does his prep work, and he was an easy guy for me to trust out there.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scheffler added, ‘I felt like we did a good job of talking through our shots and staying patient and keep doing the right things even when things were looking a little bit squirrelly there on the back nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We did a good job of staying focused and continuing to hit shots at the right targets. Closed the tournament out nicely.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Scheffler's <\/p>\n

Scheffler’s usual caddie Ted Scott (right) had to return home for a family emergency\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The four-time major winner, pictured with his wife and son, has been in imperious form<\/p>\n

Scheffler will now head to East Lake where a massive\u00a0$10 million prize awaits for the Tour’s champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, it remains unclear whether Scott will return to Scheffler’s bag n time for the Tour Championship, which tees off in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, or whether Cromie will be called upon yet again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scheffler acknowledged Scott’s absence at the weekend but refused to divulge any details surrounding his trip home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Ted is at home with his family, and he’s where he’s supposed to be,’ Scheffler told reporters. ‘We’re praying for them, and his family is doing all right. Cromie did a great job this week. It’s not easy stepping in and trying to fill in for Ted. Those are some big shoes to fill.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Cromie does stay on Scheffler’s bag this week, it could turn into a lucrative couple of weeks’ work if the four-time major winner maintains his usual imperious form.<\/p>\n

Said form has\u00a0earned Scott an eye-watering amount over the past few years\u00a0– more than most players<\/p>\n

Ahead of last week’s tournament, Scheffler had already banked $20.36m in tournament prize money, giving Scott just over $2m for himself.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Scheffler has another $23m in bonus money – but it is unclear how much commission his caddie is on when it comes to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler may have been without Ted Scott on his bag once again at the weekend but the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[92,2826,20300,4298,4288,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-359558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-louisiana","11":"tag-pga-tour","12":"tag-scottie-scheffler","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115061427447104118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}