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One of the oldest PGA Tour competitions, the Charles Schwab Challenge, is currently ongoing at the Colonial Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas. Top players as such Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Sam Burns, Viktor Hovland, and others along with their respective caddies, are sweating it out at the ground for the whopping prize money.

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And from the grounds of the challenge, a video has surfaced that shows a rough moment between Scottie Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott, and the 26-year-old PGA Pro, Sam Burns. Both Scheffler and Burns are worthy opponents that have faced each other multiple times. Sam even beat Scheffler at last year’s Colonial match.

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Ted Scott faces a sudden funny attack by Sam Burns as Scottie Scheffler watches

The Instagram page of the PGA Tour shared a fun moment from the ground. In a small snippet shared by them some players were seen walking on the course when Sam Burns suddenly turned around and threw the golf ball in his hand in the direction of Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott, who was walking a few feet behind him. 

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But one must commend the alert and sharp sense of Scott as he is seen stopping the ball speeding in his direction with his hands, and throwing it on the ground. All of this in less than a few seconds and without any warning. It just goes on to show how he has managed to caddie with the PGA Tour for 24 years.  Scottie Scheffler, who was walking beside Ted asked the camera guy laughing -“Did you catch it?”  The video caption justified the fun – “Ted Scott needs to keep his head on a swivel when Sam Burns is around 😅”

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Fans are amused by Sam Burn’s funny attack on veteran caddie Ted Scott

Fans found this roughing around of the caddie and the Pro to be a funny exchange:

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One fan explained the penalty rules “Offensive foul. No 10 yard penalty?! Haven’t read the updated rules yet”One user wrote, “Please get us the trackman metrics on that throw.” Times have changed: “Damn gold has changed soo much 30yrs ago they’d be suspending him for that😂”Another fan commented, “I thought he threw a rangefinder at him 😭” This guy is on Ted’s side: “Pray for Ted Scott”

One fan wrote, “Love it”

Another wrote, “Look at the block by Teddy. Next up @jtedscott 😌”

This guy suggested, “

Keep it fun”
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The stakes are high at the Colonial as the winner gets to take $1.566 million of the $8,700,000 wide prize purse and Official World Golf Ranking points also. After the second round, the tournament is being led by Harry Hall. Scottie is currently at T7 and Sam Burns is at T19. Final results are awaited as the final day still remains and a lot could happen during it.

Who do you think will emerge as the winner of this challenge? Let us know in the comments below.

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