Scottie Scheffler, world’s No. 1 golfer, arrested outside PGA Championship

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Reporters on the scene detailed a dramatic incident, in which an officer attempted to attach himself to Scottie Scheffler's car before arresting him.

In this mug shot provided by the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections Friday, May 17, 2024, Scott Scheffler is shown. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was detained by police Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was led to a police car.The incident took place outside the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., around 6 a.m. ET, shortly after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus.

Darlington, posting to X, detailed a dramatic scene, writing that “the police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla.” In the three hours that followed, Scheffler was detained, taken to the local jail for a mug shot in an orange jail uniform, and released. He was back at Valhalla in golf clothes with just under an hour before the tournament’s second round began.

“The main thing is he was proceeding exactly as he was directed in a marked vehicle with credentials,” Romines told AP. “HeDarlington told ESPN he was standing at the entrance when Scheffler was detained. He said Scheffler turned to him and asked, ““You need to get out of the way,” the officer told Darlington, and asked him to back away. “Right now, he’s going to jail, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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