Scottie Scheffler and his caddie, Ted Scott, have made fairly the crew over the previous couple of years — a bunch of wins, two Gamers Championship victories and a pair of Masters titles.
Their partnership began with a telephone name organized by a mutual buddy.
“That was one of many issues [Scottie] advised me on the telephone name, ‘I really like the large moments,’” stated Scott, throughout an look on this week’s GOLF Subpar podcast. “And it’s a must to love the large moments. If you happen to don’t, then don’t get within the massive second for those who don’t prefer it. You’re going to really feel the stress, and it’s a must to take pleasure in that.”
One in every of Scheffler’s first massive moments as an expert got here on the 2022 Masters, when he gained his first main title. Certain, he had gained the WM Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational and WGC-Dell Applied sciences Match Play within the two months prior — proving he was an elite expertise — however the Masters is the Masters, and up till then he’d but to have gained a serious.
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You would possibly do not forget that Scheffler cruised that week at Augusta Nationwide. He led Cam Smith by three coming into the ultimate spherical and held a five-stroke lead standing on the 18th tee. You may additionally bear in mind what occurred subsequent — Scheffler’s viral four-putt on the ultimate inexperienced.
His caddie, Scott, additionally discovered a lesson that day.
“That was my fault; I completely distracted him,” Scott stated on the podcast. “I heard one other caddie inform me one time, ‘We had like a four-shot lead at Augusta, so I advised my professional, you go forward and stroll and simply take all of it in,’ and I used to be like, that’s actually cool man. He let his professional go by himself and stroll, and I stated I’m going to do this if I ever get that chance.
“And positive sufficient, we rise up there [on 18 at Augusta] and I’m like, ‘Hey man, take all of it in buddy. That is fairly sick.’ So he’s strolling and like wanting and it’s fairly neat, and we each stood on the entrance of the inexperienced when Cam was placing, and I’m like, ‘That is fairly particular, man.’ And subsequent factor he’s sword combating and I’m like, ‘Whoa, let’s not take all of it in but! Let’s get this putt within the gap after which we’ll take all of it in.”
Fortunately Scheffler had some pictures to play with. The four-putt double-bogey didn’t damage him, and he gained his first inexperienced jacket by three.
“I attempted to maintain my head down and simply hold doing what I used to be doing as a result of I didn’t wish to break my focus,” Scheffler stated afterwards. “The minute I did was on 18 inexperienced after I lastly acquired on there and I had a five-shot lead and was like, alright, now I can take pleasure in this. And also you noticed the outcomes of that.” [Laughs]
You may hearken to the whole episode with Scott beneath, through which he talks betting with Scheffler, the best shot he’s ever seen (which isn’t the one you’d assume), Scheffler’s PGA Championship arrest and extra.
