Ted Scott will not be on the bag of Scottie Scheffler at this week’s BMW Championship at Caves Valley in Maryland, it has been confirmed by a PGA Tour spokesperson to GolfMagic.
Scott had to return home to attend a private family matter after last Saturday’s third round of the FedEx St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
Scheffler’s good friend and the PGA Tour’s chaplain Brad Payne stepped in for the final round of the first Playoffs event last Sunday.
Payne drove from his home town of Dallas, Texas, on Saturday night to be with Scheffler ahead of the final round in Memphis.
Scheffler went on to finish one shot shy of a playoff that was eventually won by Justin Rose.
In the latest update provided to GolfMagic by a PGA Tour spokesperson, Scheffler will once again be without Scott at this week’s BMW Championship as he “continues to attend to a private family matter.”
Scheffler has acquired the stand-in services of Chris KIrk’s normal caddie Mike Cromie at Caves Valley GC in Maryland.
Kirk is letting Cromie caddie for Scheffler after he finished just outside the top 50 in the FedEx Cup that advanced to the BMW.
He agonisingly finished in 51st place.
World No.1 Scheffler is leading the season-long PGA Tour race as he bids to become the first player in history to successfully defend the FedEx Cup.
The PGA Tour also confirmed to GolfMagic it remains unknown at this stage whether Scott will be able to return for next week’s Tour Championship.
Just had it confirmed from a PGA Tour spokesperson that Ted Scott will still not be on the bag for Scottie Scheffler at the BMW Championship ❌
Scheffler will have Chris Kirk’s caddie Mike Cromie on the bag. Kirk missed out on the BMW after finishing 51st in the FedEx Cup race. pic.twitter.com/CkrqNHjqTE
— Andy Roberts (@AndyRobertsGolf) August 12, 2025
Cromie has been on the bag for KIrk since 2020.
Kirk has won six times on the PGA Tour with his last victory coming at The Sentry in January 2024.
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Scheffler has won all 17 of his career PGA Tour titles, including his Olympic gold medal in Paris last summer, with Scott on the bag.
Cromie is a talented golfer himself having played college golf at University of Georgia.
Chris Kirk
Scheffler starts a red-hot 11/4 favourite to win the BMW Championship.
The runaway World No.1 and FedEx Cup leader is seeking a fifth win of the season.
Rory McIlroy returns to action at odds of 8/1 to win his fourth title of the season.
Check out our BMW Championship betting tips.
Austria’s Sepp Straka was forced to withdraw on the eve of the tournament.
Straka’s WD is a blow to his chances of making the automatic top six on the European Ryder Cup team.
But given he’s won twice already this season, you would think he’s assured of a captain’s pick should he not qualify on merit.
Scroll down to see the latest FedEx Cup standings heading into this week’s BMW Championship…
FedEx Cup standings
Official Rank
Player
Total points
1
Scottie Scheffler
5,456
2
Rory McIlroy
3,444
3
J.J. Spaun
3,344
4
Justin Rose
3,220
5
Sepp Straka
2,783
6
Russell Henley
2,579
7
Ben Griffin
2,555
8
Tommy Fleetwood
2,433
9
Justin Thomas
2,395
10
Harris English
2,269
11
Andrew Novak
1,991
12
Cameron Young
1,904
13
Ludvig Åberg
1,839
14
Keegan Bradley
1,792
15
Maverick McNealy
1,787
16
Corey Conners
1,651
17
Collin Morikawa
1,573
18
Brian Harman
1,559
19
Patrick Cantlay
1,555
20
Robert MacIntyre
1,550
21
Hideki Matsuyama
1,497
22
Nick Taylor
1,481
23
Shane Lowry
1,458
24
Sam Burns
1,381
25
Sungjae Im
1,360
26
Chris Gotterup
1,331
27
Jacob Bridgeman
1,299
28
Viktor Hovland
1,297
29
Akshay Bhatia
1,276
30
Lucas Glover
1,234
Top 30 Tour Championship
31
Sam Stevens
1,207
32
Ryan Gerard
1,202
33
Daniel Berger
1,180
34
Ryan Fox
1,157
35
Taylor Pendrith
1,150
36
Thomas Detry
1,142
37
Kurt Kitayama
1,122
38
Denny McCarthy
1,121
39
Brian Campbell
1,120
40
Matt Fitzpatrick
1,104
41
Si Woo Kim
1,102
42
Michael Kim
1,100
43
Xander Schauffele
1,099
44
Jason Day
1,093
45
Harry Hall
1,075
46
Bud Cauley
1,051
47
Tom Hoge
1,042
48
Rickie Fowler
1,032
49
Jhonattan Vegas
1,003
50
J.T. Poston
996
BMW Championship prize money 2025
1
$3,600,000
2
$2,160,000
3
$1,360,000
4
$990,000
5
$830,000
6
$750,000
7
$695,000
8
$640,000
9
$600,000
10
$560,000
11
$520,000
12
$480,000
13
$441,000
14
$402,000
15
$382,000
16
$362,000
17
$342,000
18
$322,000
19
$302,000
20
$282,000
21
$262,000
22
$245,000
23
$229,000
24
$213,000
25
$197,000
26
$181,000
27
$174,000
28
$167,000
29
$160,000
30
$153,000
31
$146,000
32
$139,000
33
$132,000
34
$127,000
35
$122,000
36
$117,000
37
$112,000
38
$108,000
39
$104,000
40
$100,000
41
$96,000
42
$92,000
43
$88,000
44
$84,000
45
$80,000
46
$76,000
47
$72,000
48
$70,000
49
$68,000
50
$66,000
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