One of the hardest challenges Ted Scott probably faces as the caddie for Scottie Scheffler is deciding when the world number one was truly at his best.
Scottie Scheffler enjoyed one of the best seasons of all-time in 2024, winning eight times worldwide, including victories at The Masters, The Tour Championship, the Olympics and four signature events on the PGA Tour.
Picking out Scheffler’s most impressive victory is an extremely difficult task, as you could arguably make a genuine case for almost any of them. Smylie Kaufman even claimed that he would say the Travelers Championship was Scheffler’s most impressive victory.
But for many, what Scheffler did at The Players Championship this year will not be forgotten in a hurry. The 28-year-old became the first player to win in back to back years at Sawgrass.
Ted Scott shares the most impressive round he has seen from Scottie Scheffler
Scheffler produced an eight under par round of 64 to beat Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele, having started Sunday five shots back of the leaders in Florida. It was arguably the most emphatic reminder of the machine he has become in the last few years.
But it turns out that his caddie Ted Scott would not pick that final round out as the best of Scheffler’s career, with Scott explaining to Subpar that it was another round that week which actually impressed him most.
“The best round I’ve ever seen him play was on Saturday,” he said.
“I mean, the guy had a five percent chance of moving his neck and was hitting it way shorter, hitting one extra club into every green and still playing Scottie Scheffler golf, and that was impressive. He could start moving a little better on Sunday, so that was obviously amazing.”
Golf fans have learned that you never write the world number one off
It did appear that Scheffler was going to have too much work to do heading into the final round if he was going to retain his title. He reached the 16th tee at one under par, before making three birdies in a row to complete his round.
Some would have still felt that that would leave Scheffler too far back to win, particularly as he was dealing with an injury.
However, everyone is learning that Scheffler is just one player that you simply cannot write off – no matter what the deficit is. In light of what he did at The Players, and on Sunday at the Olympics a few months later, it seems fair to say that Scheffler is the one who can now put the entire golf course on notice just by making a couple of quick fire birdies.
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