British Open 2024: Scottie Scheffler’s caddie ‘really sick’ at Troon, forced to ground during Friday’s round

Ted Scott, the caddie for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, is contending with a stomach illness at the Open Championship. Throughout Scheffler’s round in the Friday morning wave at Royal Troon in Scotland, Scott was seen lying on the ground at various points. Broadcast announcers following Scheffler’s group reported that Scott was feeling “really sick.”

After the round, Scheffler disclosed that Scott was dealing with some form of stomach issue. “He had a bit of food poisoning last night—well, it could have been food poisoning or a stomach bug,” Scheffler said. “But he seemed to feel better as the day went on. The doctor here took good care of him, but he apparently didn’t sleep much last night.

“We didn’t know if he would be able to go this morning, but he fought it out. You probably saw him lying down quite a bit out there, which was pretty funny.”

Despite his caddie’s illness, Scheffler shot a 1-under-par 70, with three birdies and two bogeys, bringing him to 2 under for the championship. He is five strokes behind leader Shane Lowry of Ireland.

“It’s just one of those things; you’re used to him being in one position, standing by the bag, and then suddenly on No. 9 today, he was literally sitting on the 10th tee for about 10 minutes while we were putting out over there,” Scheffler said. “I didn’t even see him, which was a bit unusual.

“He’s a fighter. He did a good job today and battled through it.”

Scott, who previously caddied full-time for Bubba Watson, has been part of four Masters victories—two with Watson (2012, 2014) and two with Scheffler (2022, 2024).