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Conversations with Champions, presented by Sentry: Scottie Scheffler, caddie Ted Scott at 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship

Scottie Scheffler and caddie Ted Scott have added a World Golf Championship to their resumes.

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Scottie Scheffler entered 2022 still seeking his first PGA Tour win.

The calendar hasn’t even flipped to April yet and Scheffler is now a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.

Veteran caddie Ted Scott, who used to work for Bubba Watson, has been on the bag for all three of those wins, including Sunday at Austin Country Club.

Scott clearly takes great pride in helping his guy reach the finish line.

“I think I have a servant’s heart. I just like helping people. That’s why I coach golf,” Scott told John Rathouz of the Caddie Network the day after the victory. “When you get to help someone else achieve what they want to do, it’s so rewarding.”

Scheffler made the final of the Match Play a year ago, falling to Billy Horschel. Scheffler eliminated Horschel in the Round of 16 this time around. Scheffler then knocked out Seamus Power, Dustin Johnson and Kevin Kisner to win it all.

“Seeing how hard Scottie Scheffler works and seeing how dedicated he is to getting better and improving and winning. … it’s a joy. There’s no other way to describe it. To serve someone and try to help them achieve what they want to do, and then when they do it, it’s pretty freakin’ awesome.”

Scheffler ascended to No. 1 in the world ranking Monday, joining Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to reach the pinnacle at age 25 or younger.

The equipment

Here’s a closer look at the golf equipment Scottie Scheffler used to win the Match Play.

DRIVER: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ (8 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 7X shaft.

FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Stealth 3HL (16.5 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 8X shaft

IRONS: Srixon ZU85 (3), with Nippon Pro Modus3 Hybrid Tour X, Srixon ZX7 (4), TaylorMade P-7TW (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts.

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (50, 56, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts.

PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Special Select Timeless Tour prototype

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

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Conversations with Champions, presented by Sentry: Caddie Travis Perkins on the hot putter of ‘Bermuda Burns’ at 2022 Valspar Championship

With his win at the Valspar Championship, Sam Burns and caddie Travis Perkins now have three wins in 10 months.

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Sam Burns went back-to-back at the Snake Pit, and he’s now won three times in his last 22 starts.

Yes, the former LSU standout is on quite a roll.

Burns outlasted Davis Riley after draining a 33-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the 463-yard, par-4 16th hole at the Copperhead Course, which is the start of the Snake Pit, a lethal three-hole stretch at the Valspar Championship.

Because he won the 2021 Valspar in May, his three wins have come in the last 10 months. He joins Patrick Cantlay, Hideki Matsuyama and Cameron Smith in collecting three wins within the last 12 months.

Burns now finds himself ranked 10th in the world, his highest ranking to date. In the process, he knocked Dustin Johnson out of the top 10 for the first time in seven years. Burns is 25 and so now the top 10 golfers in the OWGR are all 32 or younger.

After his round, Burns was asked if winning back-to-back titles makes you special.

“I don’t feel special, but it feels special to do it,” he said, making sure to mention his caddie Travis Perkins. “I think it’s really cool for Travis and I to get to experience our first win together here last year and then to do it again this year is so cool. I still think it’s just, it hasn’t really hit me yet.”

Having confidence in the final round is a critical component.

Sam Burns hits his shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2022 Valspar Championship on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Photo: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

“When you’re coming down the stretch and you’re near the lead and you want to have this belief that you can do it, but sometimes it’s tough when you haven’t done it yet. So I think for me today it was just only thing I can control is what I’m doing, how I’m reacting to the shots, everything else is out of my control,” he said. “It was more important to just kind of stay in my little circle, Travis and I just do our thing and at the end of the day we’ll add ’em up and hopefully it’s good enough.”

In this week’s video, the Caddie Network’s John Rathouz and Perkins discuss Burns’ hot putter. “Bermuda Burns”, as he’s known, was eighth in strokes gained: putting during the week at the Valspar.

“He putts slopey greens very well,” Perkins says. “That’s just one of Sam’s strengths. We do a lot of work throughout the week trying to make a certain amount of footage during practice rounds.”

Perkins was also on the bag in October 2020 when Burns won the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi.

Burns jumps from ninth to fourth on the PGA Tour’s 2020-21 money list with $3,953,031. Smith leads with $5,797,375.

The equipment

The golf gear Burns used to win includes a Callaway Rogue ST LS Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees) driver, Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero (17 degrees) fairway club, Callaway Apex TCB (4-9) irons, Callaway Apex TCB (PW, AW) wedges, the Odyssey O-Works Black 7S putter and Callaway Chrome Soft X golf balls.

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