Most people recognize Ted Scott as the caddie who helped Scottie Scheffler win four major championships and 19 Tour events. But not as many know that Scott is from Lafayette, Louisiana. His roots are deep in the local parishes, and when he’s not on Tour, he spends his weekends working with youth ministries in Opelousas. His sense of home has always stayed close, never moving east just to follow the news. So when Baton Rouge made headlines on Thursday, Scott wasn’t just reading about a city; he was thinking about his own community.
“My Heart is heavy right now. Praying for my friends affected by the Baton Rouge shooting,” he wrote on his Instagram story.
On Thursday afternoon, gunfire broke out in the food court at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Police said two groups exchanged shots in a targeted confrontation, leaving one person dead and five others hurt. Three of those injured were seniors from Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette, where Scott grew up. Five suspects were arrested. The mall closed on Friday. This was the second mass tragedy in Louisiana in five days, coming less than a week after a gunman in Shreveport killed eight children on April 19…