A PGA Tour caddie was talked out of retirement and now makes more than most pro golfers
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The unsung winners of golf's new financial boom are the caddies, and nobody is winning more than Ted Scott.Scott caddies for the No. 1 golfer in the world, Scott Scheffler, who won The Players Championship earlier this year and is now leading the FedEx Cup Playoffs after his second-place showing at this past week's BMW Championship. That outing earned Scheffler a cool $1.76 million, his second-biggest check of the year.The payday pushed Scheffler's on-course earnings to more than $21 million for the season, a PGA Tour record. That also means that Scott has likely set the record for most earnings in a single season for a caddie at more than $1.8 million.Scott's total would rank 83rd among PGA Tour golfers this year, with more in earnings than 160 tour pros. Advertisement Not bad for a looper who considered himself retired after splitting with Bubba Watson in 2021 after 15 years together. According to Golf Digest, Scott was prepared to launch a golf-lessons business but was talked out of...