With the performance of Scotty Scheffler (USA), the ‘best’ male golfer, his caddie Teddy Scott (USA) also ended up with a lot of money.
Schaeffler added 4 under par in the final 4th round of the tournament held at the East Lake Golf Club (par 71) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the 2nd (Korean time), winning with a final total of 30 under par, beating 2nd place Collin Morikawa (USA, 26 under par) by 4 strokes.
With this win alone, he hit the jackpot of $25 million (about 33.4 billion won). In addition, he won 7 times in the season and took home $62,228,357 (about 83.26776 billion won) in official prize money.
Accordingly, it is expected that caddies’ income will also reach a considerable level.
According to a report by the American Golf Channel on that day, if Schaeffler’s caddie Scott had signed a contract at a normal level, he would have received $5,238,499 (approximately 7.0112 billion won).
Typically, PGA Tour players and caddies sign a ’10-7-5′ contract. If they win, they get 10% of the prize money, if they make the ‘top 10’, they get 7%, and if they make the cut, they get 5%. That means Scott will get $2.5 million (about 3.34 billion won) just for this Tour Championship bonus.
Scott’s estimated earnings of $5.23 million would rank him 20th on the PGA Tour money list this season, meaning only 19 players have earned more than caddie Scott.
Scott also earned about $2.6 million last season, ranking him 70th on the prize money list.
Schaeffler said after his win, “Teddy is my biggest supporter. The result itself says it all after he carried my bag,” and “He helped me focus on the 7th and 8th holes today. He gives me the right words at the right time to keep my mind in the right frame of mind.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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