Owings Mills, Md. -World No. 1 Golfer Scottie Scheffler does not know if his common caddy, Ted Scott, will return to work at subsequent week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Membership in Atlanta.
Schaeffler is carrying one other fill-in caddy within the second leg of this week’s BMW Championship, the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Scott needed to depart earlier than the ultimate spherical of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis final week earlier than returning to Louisiana resulting from a household emergency.
“Ted is the place you want it proper now,” Schaeffler stated after Professional Am on Wednesday. “I feel the caddy might be the very last thing in his thoughts. I have been capable of discuss to him a number of occasions. My household is okay. Everybody appears to be doing effectively.”
Michael Crommy can be working with Schaeffler this week.
“Mike is a superb man,” Scheffler stated. “He is working actually exhausting. He is doing a very good job and we’re studying a brand new golf course this week.”
Crommy works for Chris Kirk, who was 51st after final week’s event. The highest 50 golfers at FedEx Cup Factors have made it to the BMW Championship.
“He is making an attempt to do the absolute best filling this week,” Schaeffler stated. “Lots of it’s extra routine. ‘Hey, how about you?’ And after I say, ‘I hit a maintain shot,’ it means one thing just like the sort of factor we expect will final every week.
After Scott needed to go house final week, Schaeffler’s buddy Brad Payne labored within the closing spherical in Memphis. Schaeffler had a 3-under 67 card within the closing spherical, tied him to 3rd place at 15 beneath, leaving him with one stroke from the playoffs.
Payne is the president of the School Golf Fellowship and beforehand carried Schaeffler’s baggage within the third spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship in Barhalla, the place Scott was attending her daughter’s commencement.
Scott was in his respective bag of every of Schaeffler’s 17 PGA Tour wins, together with 4 main championships.
