Scottie Scheffler further demonstrated his current dominance in men’s professional golf by winning the BMW Championship with a score of 15-under. The victory, however, had a different flavor, as it was the first of his professional career without his caddie Ted Scott at his side.
In his moment of triumph, Scheffler didn’t forget the legendary looper, who is also his friend. As is well known, Scott had to withdraw after three rounds of the FedEx St. Jude Championship to attend to a family situation.
“Ted is at home with his family, and he’s where he’s supposed to be,” Scheffler told the reporters after his victory, according to the transcripts of his interview. “We’re praying for them, and his family is doing all right. Cromie did a great job this week. It’s not easy stepping in and trying to fill in for Ted. Those are some big shoes to fill.”
Michael Cromie, Chris Kirk’s regular caddie, replaced Scott over the weekend and apparently performed brilliantly. At least Scheffler showered him with praise during his winning press conference.
“He’s a guy I can trust,” Scheffler said, according to the transcripts. “He’s one of Ted’s good buddies. I’d just say it’s pretty much as simple as that. Cromie is a guy that works hard. He does his prep work, and he was an easy guy for me to trust out there.
“I felt like we did a good job of talking through our shots and staying patient and keep doing the right things even when things were looking a little bit squirrelly there on the back nine. We did a good job of staying focused and continuing to hit shots at the right targets. Closed the tournament out nicely.”
He added: “Cromie, I think, does a really good job of being really even keel. He’s not a guy that’s going to overreact to anything. He did a really good job of just staying even keel all week and kind of impervious to the pressure of a final round.”
It has not yet been reported whether Scott will be back next week at East Lake for the Tour Championship. If not, Cromie appears to be the clear choice to take care of Scheffler’s purse, although this has not been confirmed either.
Scheffler will defend his Tour Championship title next week under a new competitive system. As you may recall, a system based on assigned strokes operated until last season, whereas this season onwards, a regular stroke play format will be used.
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