🏌🏻 Scheffler's Caddie Beats Rory

Good morning. Scottie Scheffler is on track to start as the shortest-priced Masters favorite with +500 odds to win since Tiger Woods (+350) in 2013.

Here’s where Scottie Scheffler takes the cake: he has shot under par in all 27 of his rounds played this season on the PGA Tour.

It's the longest streak ever to begin a PGA Tour season.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 2000, Charlotta Sorenstam won the Standard Register Ping and joined her sister Annika as the first pair of siblings to win on the LPGA Tour.

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Tournaments This Week

PGA Tour: Valspar Championship

📍 When and Where: March 21-24, Copperhead Course, Florida
💰 Purse: $8.4 million
🏌🏻 Headliners: Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman, Cameron Young, Jordan Spieth

DP World Tour: Singapore Classic

📍When and Where: March 21-24, Laguna National Golf Club, Singapore
💰 Purse: $2.5 million
🏌🏻 Headliners: Rasmus Hojgaard, Yannik Paul, Andy Sullivan

LPGA Tour: FIR Hills Seri Pak Championship

📍 When and Where: March 21-24, Palos Verdes Golf Club, California
💰 Purse: $2 million
🏌🏻 Headliners: Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang

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Scheffler's Caddie Surpasses Rory's Season Winnings

Scottie Scheffler became the fastest golfer to cross $50 million earnings on the PGA Tour after bagging the winner's cheque of $4.5 million at The Players and his caddie has earned a significant fortune as well.

💰 More Earnings Than Rory: Caddies typically earn 10% of a player’s winning prize money and Scottie Scheffler’s two victories has seen his caddie Ted Scott's bank balance swell by $850,000 in the last two weeks alone.

Rory McIlroy has earnings of $798,205 from his five PGA Tour appearances so far this year - over $50,000 less than Scott's earnings in March alone.

💸 $50 Million Club: Scottie Scheffler has officially earned $53.5 million on the PGA Tour, which jumps him past Jon Rahm into 14th place on the all-time money list.

He’s also the fastest to break the $50 million barrier, doing it in 113 starts. By comparison, it took Tiger Woods 177 starts to eclipse the mark (he did it in 2005), Rory McIlroy 169 starts when he broke through in 2019 and Rahm 141 starts.

🤯 Trails On Social Media: While Scottie Scheffler is absolutely owning it on the course, he still has a long way to go when it comes to earnings from social media.

Scheffler, who has one of the highest Instagram follower count among his peers, only garners an average of $2,000 to $3,000 per post while Golf celebrity influencer Paige Spiranac averages around $8,477 to $12,716 per post - almost four times more than the World No 1!

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Pros Face Daunting Snake Pit Challenge In Palm Harbor

The Valspar Championship tees off on March 21 at Palm Harbor - here are the top things to look forward to.

⛳️ Strong Field: The Valspar Championship falls immediately after the Players Championship but still attracts a solid field, with 10 of the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking scheduled to compete.

Top-10 representation in the field comes from Xander Schauffele (WR5) and Brian Harman (WR8).

⚠️ The Snake Pit Challenge: The Masters has Amen Corne, the Cognizant Classic has the Bear Trap and Valspar has the Snake Pit.

Traditionally, golfers who navigate the Snake Pit (the final three holes on the Copperhead course) in the best way go on to win the tournament.

💰 Prize Money: The players will be competing for a total purse of $8.4 million - an increase of $300,000 from the 2023 edition.

The winner will receive $1.512m, along with 500 FedEx Cup points and a projected 50.3 world ranking points.

🚫 Cantlay and Kim Withdraws: World No 7 Patrick Cantlay and emerging star Tom Kim have withdrawn from the tournament.

While Cantlay hasn't disclosed his reason for withdrawal, Kim has to skip the tournament due to an injury that he sustained during Round 1 of The Players last week.

🌦️ Weather: Warm conditions are set to welcome players and fans to Palm Harbor on Thursday but it gets worse over the next two days with a 100% and 50% chance of rainfall on Friday and Saturday respectively.

Conditions are expected to improve for the final round on Sunday.

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What else is making news

Hal Sutton: Golf legend Hal Sutton has been forced to deny that he died after the PGA magazine mistakenly printed his name in their obituaries section.

LPGA Tour: The Seri Pak Championship tees off this week in California - here are five things you must know.

PGA-PIF Meet: Flight trackers show PGA Tour, Tiger Woods and Saudi PIF meeting may be happening in the Bahamas.

Free Golf Balls: Titleist, TaylorMade, Callaway, Bridgestone, Srixon, Mizuno and Wilson are all offering one dozen free golf balls with the purchase of a few dozen golf balls in a limited offer that runs through at least next week.

LIV Golf: LIV Golf has created a fan initiative for LIV Miami, allowing fans to vote on whatever three golfers participate in the upcoming Masters they want to see in a pairing. The three golfers who receive the most votes will be a pairing for the opening round of LIV Miami.

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FedEx Cup 2024: All You Need To Know

The 2024 PGA TOUR Season marks the 18th edition of the FedEx Cup and the return to a calendar-year schedule for the first time since 2012.

✅ The top 70 players in the FedExCup standings are eligible for the FedExCup Playoffs with the three events featuring a progressive cut with fields of 70 (FedEx St. Jude Championship), 50 (BMW Championship) and 30 (TOUR Championship).

✅ The top 50 players in the FedExCup standings are fully exempt for the following season, including THE PLAYERS Championship and all eight Signature Events.

✅ The total bonus pool for the FedExCup Playoffs is $100 million, with the FedExCup Champion earning $25 million.

FedEx Cup Points Available At Each Event:

📌 2000 Points: Winners of the first two FedExCup Playoffs events.

📌 750 Points: Winners of The Players Championship and the four Majors.

📌 700 Points: Winners of Signature Events.

📌 500 Points: Winners of full-field events.

📌 300 Points: Winners of additional events.

FedEx Cup PlayOffs Bonus Payout:

💰1st: $25 million
💰2nd: $12.5 million
💰3rd: $7.5 million
💰 4th: $6 million
💰5th: $5 million
💰6th: $3.5 million
💰7th: $2.75 million
💰8th: $2.25 million
💰9th: $2 million
💰10th: $1.75 million

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