Who Is Scott McGuinness? Mito Pereira Caddie's Purse On PGA Championship

Scott McGuinness is the caddie of Mito Pereira, who is currently leading the 104th PGA Championship.

He is well-known for assisting players like Scottie Scheffler.

Scott considers friendship, travel, and being part of golf at its highest as the best thing about being a caddie. With Riviera as his favorite course to caddie, Olympic Course is the one to play.

Who Is Scott McGuinness? Age And Wikipedia

Scott McGuinness is an experienced caddie.

Though not on Wikipedia, he has given a short introduction to him in TheCaddieNetwork. According to it, he has been doing the work since 2005.

Mito Pereira leads by 3 shots at the 2022 PGA Championship, where the top 4 have yet to win on the PGA Tour let alone a major https://t.co/cN0Ado3HAI

— Golfweek (@golfweek) May 22, 2022

Scott has worked with players, including Conrad Shindler, Jason Gore, Matt Jones, John Mallinger, John Daly, Chez Reavie, Nick Flanagan, and Scottie Scheffler.

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As for his age, Scott seems to be in his late forties to early fifties, looking at his pictures on Facebook. In contrast, the player he currently caddies for, Mito, is 27.

He is married as his wife is Cassie McGuinness, from Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to her Facebook profile, she is a wine consultant at Scout & Cellar and Figure Skating/power skating Instructor at StarCenter.

The couple married on 14 November 2015 and currently lives in McKinney, Texas. 

Scott McGuinness Is Mito Pereira Caddie

Scott McGuinness is the Chilean professional golfer Mito Pereira's caddie.

Throughout 2022, the duo has formed a successful relationship. Previously, Scott had caddied for Scottie Scheffler, the current World No.1 and Masters winner.

Wild image at #9: Dallas native Scottie Scheffler putts for par... while his caddie gets loaded into cart with lower leg injury. Never seen that before...#NorthernTrust @wfaa #PGATour pic.twitter.com/huOjgGQgHk

— Jonah Javad (@JonahJavad) August 23, 2020

However, he sustained a leg injury during the 2020 Northern Trust - in an attempt to get a better view of the 9th green. They then continued till 2021.

After that, Scott and Mito secured multiple top 20 finishes. 

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Likewise, he grew up in Manly, Australia, with Greg Norman as his favorite professional golfer. His greatest memory as a caddie is winning three times in a year with Nick to earn a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour.

What Is Scott McGuinness' Net Worth?

Scottie McGuinness' net worth remains unknown.

However, RookieRoad reports that the average earnings of a professional golfers' caddie are between $50 thousand to $100 thousand plus 5-10% of their golfer's winnings.

Likewise, PGA Tour caddies weekly make between $1,000 to $3,000. Scott's net worth seems to be quite good, especially considering he has worked in the field for over 16 years. 

The player he currently caddies for, Mito Pereira, has total career earnings of $2,618,115. And if he wins the PGA Tour, he will grab that $2.7 million prize money as the total purse on PGA Championship is $15 million.

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