Are Scottie Scheffler & Ted Scott moving to Tennis? The ever-successful duo in the sport of golf has managed to rake in the most number of wins this season including a gold medal at the Olympics. And it seems the golfer-caddie pair turned to another sport, albeit for a little while, all the while turning to a celebratory mood amid the BMW Championship hype.

Scheffler is currently leading the 2024 FedEx Cup standings as the second event in the playoffs inches closer on August 22. However, ahead of the tournament, the athlete went ahead and shared a post on Instagram mentioning how he and his caddie were able to celebrate the latter’s birthday.

“We got to celebrate @jtedscott’s birthday while in France,” wrote the current World No. 1 on his social media handle, “It was full of pizza, tennis (attempts), and time with family. Shoutout to the incredible staff at @lesbordesestate. The golf course was a great prep for Paris!” The golfer and his looper spent July 26, Ted Scott’s birthday, at the Les Bordes Golf Club as the post showcased snippets of the duo playing tennis, and celebrating with their family.

Scheffler and Scott, meanwhile, will be looking to clinch a win at the upcoming event at Castle Pines Golf Club in Colorado. They will hope to finish better than their T4 placement that the duo carded at Memphis. And, the recent Instagram post seemed to take some tension off their minds as the two, especially Ted Scott, received a lot of support from the fans.

Fans celebrate Scottie Scheffler’s caddie’s birthday in the comments

“Happy birthday,” commented many fans under the Instagram post just hours after Scottie Scheffler uploaded the same on his social media. However, a certain follower couldn’t help but allude to the looper’s mind-boggling earnings as a caddie for the PGA Tour Pro. They responded, “Happy B-Day Ted. A true gentleman and who I think is currently number 10 on the PGA money list!! Lol.” 

Interestingly, the bagman, aside from the annual base salary of $135,000, earns 10% of the golfer’s earnings for a win while raking in 7% for a top-10 finish and 5% for the rest. As a result, he has carded a total of $2,633,839 as of the 2024 Travelers Championship, making him richer than most on the PGA Tour money list for the season and the richest active looper on the Tour.

The athlete, along with Ted Scott, has finished a total of 15 times inside the top 10 on the PGA Tour, along with a gold medal at the recently ended Paris Olympics. Out of the same, the duo have emerged victorious six times on the circuit, including a major win at the Augusta National. A fan couldn’t shy away from commenting, “Ted Scott, the man with the greatest job in the world!”

The duo’s performance on the greens has helped Scheffler shoot past many golfers to cement his position as No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings. He has done so with a total figure of 826.85006 points after a T4 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. A couple of fans, meanwhile, could only joke about the same and hilariously mention how the pair is coming to Tennis next to rake in the top spot; “He’s coming for Roger Federer next,” and “#1 golfer and now also the #1 tennis player in the world?!”

Scottie Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, was a foosball player who won the World Foosball Championship in 1994. Consequently, an admirer of the golfer and his bagman comically asked the athlete to play him in the said sport seeing as how the shot the looper made hit the nets; “Play him in foosball.” Anyhow, the two really seemed to have enjoyed the caddie’s birthday as they took to practice their game and celebrate the special day in Paris.