The PGA Tour’s top golfer and reigning Masters champion was arrested and charged outside the PGA Championship course entrance. The charges included a felony charge against a police officer.
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested in a bizarre incident after he refused to stop at the scene of an accident near the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident, said Scheffler was taken into custody after he “misunderstood traffic flow and attempted to drive past officers into Valhalla Golf Club.”
Traffic outside the golf course was halted around 5 a.m. ET after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus. pga tour announced The problem is that the tee time will be delayed due to an “accident near the course.”
“Now he’s going to jail and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Darlington said Scheffler tried to drive around the median at the scene of the accident, but when officers told him to stop, he drove another 10 to 20 yards toward the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club. He continued.
A police officer pinned himself to the side of Scheffler’s car. ESPN The officer yelled at the golfer, the report states.
“The officer then began yelling at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler got out of the car, the officer pushed Scheffler against the car and immediately handcuffed him. He is currently restrained in the back seat of the squad car. ” Darlington wrote. X.
Scheffler, who had won the Masters just a month earlier, reportedly asked Darlington, “Can you help me?” when he was in custody. The officer ordered Darlington to back away.
“We need to get out of the way,” the officer told a sports reporter. “Now he’s going to jail and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Scheffler was charged with felony assault on a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and failing to signal a traffic officer, according to local reports. WDRB Citing court records.
Shortly after 9 a.m. ET, Scheffler was recorded on video entering the golf course after his release and was scheduled to tee off at 10:08 a.m.
Mr. Scheffler was released and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any witnesses who may be police officers.
His court date is scheduled for May 21, 2024 in Jefferson District Court.
A Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson told the media that the man who died was struck by a bus in a bus lane while attempting to cross the street early in the morning. The man reportedly died at the scene.
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