Scottie Scheffler’s caddie could have already pocketed an eye-watering amount for the PGA Tour season – and could be set for yet another windfall. 

Ted Scott has been on the bag for Scheffler for almost two years, including a phenomenal season for the American this year. 

The World No. 1 has two wins to his name this year, coming at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the Players Championship.

Those two victories alone earned him a staggering amount, with both now part of the PGA Tour’s designated events. The elevated Phoenix Open had a purse of $20 million, while the Players offered a massive $25 million meaning Scheffler took home $3.6m and $4.5m respectively. 

In addition to his victories, Scheffler has also racked up an impressive 16 top-10 finishes, including at three of the four major championships.

Scottie Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott has already made an eyewatering $2.1million this season

Scheffler won the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the Players Championship this year 

His outstanding success has not only seen him knock back Rory McIlroy and Masters champion Jon Rahm for World No. 1 crowning glory but has also seen him bank an incredible $21 million.

But as every golfer knows, the credit doesn’t solely go to the player. Every pro is aided by a caddie and Scheffler and Scott have formed a formidable partnership, and the latter is seemingly worth every penny. 

It is customary for players to pay their caddies 10 percent of all their earnings, which means, if Scheffler follows tradition, Scott has also benefitted from his success, earning $2.1million for his role on the bag. 

But it might not be capped off there with the TOUR Championship yet to come. 

Scheffler heads to East Lake this week atop the FedEx Cup standings, meaning he’ll start with a two-shot advantage over Viktor Hovland, who pipped the American to win the BMW Championship at the weekend. 

Heading into the staggered event with an advantage, Scheffler has the chance to add another $18m to his seasonal earnings. 

He suffered heartbreak as he was hunted down by Rory McIlroy, who started a massive six strokes behind Scheffler – a feat he will be hoping Hovland cannot repeat. 

Scott is a 24-year veteran on the PGA Tour, having previously caddied for former Masters champion Bubba Watson. 

He reportedly initially needed some convincing before agreeing to caddie for Scheffler. 

Scott, pictured with his wife, could earn even more if Scheffler is successful this weekend 

‘Teddy and Scottie talked for quite awhile before they went to work for him,’ fellow caddie and friend Paul Tesori said, via Golf Digest. 

‘Scottie’s young and has had a bit of a habit of getting a little angry on the golf course, and maybe even a little angry toward his caddie.

‘Ted being a veteran, almost 50 years old, being out here for so long, he was able to say: “I want to come work for you, but you have got to promise me that you’re going to work on these areas.” And not only did Scottie say yes, he has absolutely done it.’

And, Scott surely won’t be regretting that decision now.  

A Connecticut woman developed massive ulcer in her rectum that occurs in just one in 20,000 people after eating ‘excessive’ amounts of sunflower seeds.

The unnamed woman, 31, sought medical help after losing 20 pounds in a month and experiencing severe diarrhea. 

When doctors ran scans of her abdomen and pelvis, they found that an undigested sunflower seed was lodged in her rectum. 

The woman had developed a rectal seed bezoars – an extremely rare hard solid mass. 

Bezoars are collections of partially digested or undigested materials that get stuck in the gastrointestinal tract. 

This happens when the foreign material accumulates in the colon and rectum, causing it to dehydrate and harden. This leads to masses, impacted stool, and anal pain.  

Sunflower seeds are the second-most common cause of seed bezoars. The top cause is watermelon seeds

Most of these are lodged in the stomach or small intestine.

Bezoars often don’t cause any symptoms, however, in this woman’s case, she had impacted stool, rectal pain, and constipation.

The medical team said that it was likely from eating ‘excessive’ amounts of sunflower seeds. It’s unclear exactly how many she ate. 

The doctors also did not specify if the seeds were still in their shells, but as most of these similar cases have involved unshelled seeds, it’s safe to assume these ones still had them.  

The unnamed woman developed a rectal bezoar after eating ‘excessive’ amounts of sunflower seeds. It’s unclear exactly how many she ate

Only two or three cases of bezoars are reported every year. Bezoars from sunflower seeds are also more commonly found in children who eat the seeds with the shells still on them. 

Watermelon seeds are the most common cause of bezoars, followed by sunflower seeds.  

A review of 52 studies published in the journal Cureus found that 72 percent of bezoar cases from 1980 through 2018 came from Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries.

The researchers suggested that this could be because these countries have diets rich in fruits and vegetables, many of which have seeds.  

A 2018 review in the PanAfrican Medical Journal detailed the case of a 64-year-old Greek man who also developed a rectal bezoar from eating ‘large quantities of unshelled sunflower seeds over the past week.’

He had to be placed under general anesthesia and have his stool manually removed to clear the mass.

Additionally, a report published last year in the journal Frontiers in Surgery discussed the case of a 50-year-old Italian man who ate two bags of pumpkin seeds with the shells. He had rectal bleeding and difficulty passing stool.

His colon was flushed out to remove the bezoar. 

In the Connecticut woman’s case, she was put under anesthesia for a colonoscopy to remove the mass. 

Doctors reported that she was placed on a high-fiber diet to avoid constipation and told to avoid eating sunflower seeds in the future. 

The findings were published in the journal Cureus.