World No.1 Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer as he made his way towards Valhalla for the start of the PGA Championship second round on Friday.
Following the death of a pedestrian outside of Valhalla Golf Club at around 5am which caused Shelbyville Road to be closed in both directions, there was an increased police presence in order to help direct traffic and help players and officials reach the club safely.
Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car,…May 17, 2024
Yet, shortly after 6am ET, Scheffler was involved in what he called “a big misunderstanding” regarding traffic flow instructions and was initially detained by police before being put in handcuffs and taken away to Louisville police station.
According to ESPN’s NFL reporter, Jeff Darlington, Scheffler “attempted to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club” leading the law enforcer to attempt to “attach himself to Scheffler’s car.”
Darlington continued: “Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car.
Here is @JeffDarlington describing the Scottie Scheffler incident on @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/z88D0HBMpDMay 17, 2024
“When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.”
Further images posted on social media showed Scheffler being placed into the back of a police car in the early hours of the morning.
One clip showed a police officer telling reporter, Daniel Hussey that Scheffler was “going to jail” as the pro golfer was being led away by a couple of other officers.
“The police officers around the patrol car had no idea he was Scottie Scheffler,’’ Darlington said on ESPN.
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