He’s Scottie Scheffler’s caddie. But Ted Scott’s story is so much bigger

Inside the kitchen of his rural Louisiana home, Ted Scott likes to whip up stories. He’s an excellent talker — a common trait for a good caddie — and he speaks quickly, a natural spinner of quips and clever analogies.

“If there’s a story, he’s told it,” says his wife, Melanie.

Today, Scott is serving up breakfast too: eggs, bacon, avocado and toast. And cinnamon lattes meticulously concocted and poured into Masters mugs. There are millions of these ceramic collectibles in circulation, but how many are owned by a caddie who’s been on the bag for an actual Masters winner — something Scott has done four times in the past 14 years? He sets the frothy beverages in front of his guests…

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