A PGA Tour caddie was talked out of retirement and now makes more than most pro golfers

The unsung winners of golf's new financial boom are the caddies, and nobody is winning more than Ted Scott.Scott caddies for the No. 1 golfer in the world, Scott Scheffler, who won The Players Championship earlier this year and is now leading the FedEx Cup Playoffs after his second-place showing at this past week's BMW Championship. That outing earned Scheffler a cool $1.76 million, his second-biggest check of the year.The payday pushed Scheffler's on-course earnings to more than $21 million for the season, a PGA Tour record. That also means that Scott has likely set the record for most earnings in a single season for a caddie at more than $1.8 million.Scott's total would rank 83rd among PGA Tour golfers this year, with more in earnings than 160 tour pros. Advertisement Not bad for a looper who considered himself retired after splitting with Bubba Watson in 2021 after 15 years together. According to Golf Digest, Scott was prepared to launch a golf-lessons business but was talked out of...