Scottie Scheffler dropped the first caddie bombshell ahead of the first leg of the PGA Tour playoff, St. Jude Championship: Tour chaplain and a close friend, Brad Payne, was going to be on his bag, instead of his usual caddie, Ted Scott. It was a “private family matter,” the report stated, yet the golf world hoped Scott would return for the second week of the playoffs. He didn’t. Instead of Scott, Mike Cromie will be in Scheffler’s bag for the BMW Championship.

But that is old news. And Scottie Scheffler wants you to get over it already. Ahead of the first round of the BMW Championship, the Texan sounded off when asked, “Are you optimistic that Teddy will be back next week?” Well, not the right question to ask, especially considering the “private family matter” situation had already been explained in the original report.

Still, the repeated question affected Scheffler enough that he gave a rather snippy reply, “I’m not going to answer anything like that. If that’s why you came out here, you’re not going to get much. I think Ted’s where he needs to be right now, and I think caddieing is probably the last thing on his mind, as it should be.” 

“I’ve been able to talk to him a few times,” Scheffler explained next, “The family is in good spirits. Everybody seems to be doing well. I’m not going to comment any further on anything going on with his family.” Despite his irritation, however, it’s thanks to Scott’s resume on his bag that he often faces such a question. After all, Scheffler is looking to create history in the FedExCup by successfully defending his title.

But if history’s any guide, Scheffler’s likely to rack up big results despite Ted Scott’s absence. Last year at the PGA Championship, Scheffler switched caddies and ended up winning the major. Now, with a new fill-in caddie at the BMW Championship, Scheffler’s probably going to try to pull off a similar strong showing this month. And it’s likely to be successful, given Scheffler’s confidence statements about Cromie, the guy whom the Texan claims to have “always liked him.” 

Scottie Scheffler says, “We’re both learning” ahead of the BMW Championship run with Mike Cromie

Scottie Scheffler is rolling with a new caddie at the BMW Championship – Mike Cromie. “Mike’s a great guy,” Scheffler says during the Wednesday press conference. “He works really hard. He does a good job and we’re both learning a new golf course this week.” Cromie’s normally on Chris Kirk’s bag, but Kirk just missed out on making the BMW Championship cut after finishing 51st in FedEx Cup points.

A week later, Scheffler is getting into sync with Cromie, who’s doing his best to fit in. “He’s just going to try and fill in as best he can this week,” Scheffler says. “A lot of it is just more routine. Like, ‘Hey, how do you like the numbers?’ And when I say, ‘I hit the hold shot,’ what does that mean? Just little stuff like that that we’re figuring out as the week goes on.” As per Scheffler, Cromie is buddies with Scheffler’s usual caddie, Ted Scott – that’s how this pairing came together.

Meanwhile, Scheffler’s 2025 season has been a wild ride. Despite Ted Scott’s absence at Memphis, the Texan tied a 52-year-old PGA Tour record held by Tom Weiskopf with a third-place finish at St. Jude. Following Scheffler’s finish at Memphis, the PGA Tour noted Scheffler’s nailed top-8 finishes in each of his last 12 tour starts – last done by Tom Weiskopf 52 years ago.

Today, however, Scheffler is finally going to tee up with Cromie for the first time and hope for a similar result. And he’s likely going to get the same result. Especially considering Cromie’s curiosity when working with the golf pro.

Scheffler sums up working with Cromie like this: “I think there’s a lot of little stuff that caddies do that go kind of unnoticed throughout a round, and Michael is doing his best to try and figure those things out.” Needless to say, although the fans would miss Scott in his bag, Schefffler can make things work with everyone.