Scottie Scheffler’s caddie has seen countless players. He’s found 2 big struggles

 Ted Scott, in downtime from his day job as caddie for the world’s top-ranked golfer, says he rarely plays with scratch-type golfers. His friends are decent, he says, but not great, so it gives him a lens few have  — he sees how Scottie Scheffler does things, and he sees how the non-Scottie Schefflers maneuver around a course.

One of his takeaways from the latter bunch?

They struggle the most in two ways.

Scott was talking on the most recent episode of “The Sweet Spot” podcast — which you can and should listen to in full here — and part of the conversation looked at how Scott, as a caddie, prepares for shots. Part of it, he said, depends on a player’s skill — which segued into one of the areas non-pros are deficient.

They don’t properly know their strengths, Scott said.

“So if my strength is chipping,” Scott said on the podcast, “then go ahead and give yourself way more room than the middle of the green. If your strength is not chipping, then try to hit a good 3-wood from 230, if that’s what you’re going to do because you know you’re not going to chip it good anyway so it’s about managing your own game.”

To illustrate, he used a story about Bubba Watson, whom Scott worked for before Scheffler.

For background, simply know that Watson is a creative player.