Scheffler’s Caddie, Ted Scott, a Fourth Victory at the Masters

Scheffler’s Caddie, Ted Scott, a Fourth Victory at the Masters

What a week for Ted Scott in Augusta, first as a coach and then as a caddie, two jobs that require similar tasks.

The 50-year-old Louisianan was on Scottie Scheffler’s bag Sunday as Scheffler won his second Masters Tournament in three years. That came a week after Laney Frye, one of Scott’s students, took some of her coach’s advice and played well in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

“Ted, it’s going to be hard to catch up with you on all these Masters titles,” Scheffler said during the Green Jacket ceremony on the Terrace Putting Green. “I couldn’t do this without you. What a guy.”

For Scott, Sunday’s victory was his fourth as a caddie at Augusta National – he won Green Jackets with Bubba Watson in 2012 and 2014 and has now won two with Scheffler, in 2022 and 2024.

Five is the most victories for a caddie at Augusta National, a tally achieved by Willie “Pappy” Stokes, including twice on the bag of Ben Hogan; and Willie Peterson, who was on Jack Nicklaus’ bag for the first five of his six wins. Nathaniel “Ironman” Avery (Arnold Palmer’s caddie), Steve Williams (who had three victories with Tiger Woods and one with Adam Scott) and Scott all have four.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler celebrates with his caddie Ted Scott on the 18th green after winning the 2024 Masters.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler celebrates with his caddie Ted Scott on the 18th green after winning the 2024 Masters.

Scott’s week began on a high note even before the Masters began. Frye, a senior on the University of Kentucky women’s team, reached the final round at Augusta National on Saturday, April 6. A second-year Augusta National Women’s Amateur participant, she is coached by Scott, who aimed to be a full-time golf coach before taking the caddie route in 2000. He now sidelights as a swing coach.

“I struggled with my putting and I’m looking for something technical, but I think it’s more mental than anything,” Frye said after the first round of the Women’s Amateur. Scott, she said, “told me something that a friend told him in the pro golf world. Somebody said, ‘Why not me?’ before every shot. I kind of adopted that mentality. Why not me? Why not now? Could be a great shot. Who is to say it’s not?

“He turns around positive. You’re sitting where you don’t want to be and why can’t you make a birdie from there, you know?”

Even though Scott wasn’t present for Frye’s performance, his friend, Augusta National caddie Steve Kling, was on Frye’s ba