In an attempt to win his first-ever PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler finished Thursday just a hair off the lead, but Friday’s play got started to a poor start. Just as Scheffler was ready to head into the second round of the tournament at Louisville, Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Course, he was charged with an arrest for allegedly disobeying police orders.
A bus struck and killed a person on Friday morning just before dawn.
Though many in the heartless sports community were more interested in whether Scottie Scheffler would be freed from the Jefferson County Jail in time for his early tee time, the deceased should have been the primary concern.
During this Friday’s media availability, Scheffler made sure to mention the deceased man and his family, who are dealing with this complicated matter.
“First of all, my sympathies go out to the family of Mr. Mills. I can’t imagine what they’re going through this morning,” Scheffler said. “One day, you’re heading to the golf course to watch a tournament. A few moments later, he’s trying to cross a street and now he’s no longer with us. I can’t imagine what they’re going through. I feel for them.
“My situation will get handled. It was just a chaotic situation and a big misunderstanding. I can’t comment on any specifics of it, so I feel like y’all are going to be disappointed. I can’t comment on any specifics, but my situation will be handled. If you have any questions about golf, I’ll be happy to answer that. Outside of that, I can’t get into what transpired other than my heart goes out to the family.”
According to ESPN, Scheffler passed a police officer in his SUV, which had stickers on the door identifying it as a PGA Championship car. After screaming for him to halt, the officer strapped himself to the vehicle and forced Scheffler to stop a short distance away—roughly ten yards. Authorities were looking into the aforementioned traffic death that happened earlier in the morning when ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington described it as a “misunderstanding with traffic flow.”
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“Scheffler was then walked over to the police car, placed in the back, in handcuffs, very stunned about what was happening, looked toward me as he was in those handcuffs and said, ‘Please help me,'” Darlington said on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” “He very clearly did not know what was happening in the situation. It moved very quickly, very rapidly, very aggressively.”
Later on Friday, Scottie Scheffler was checked into the Louisville Department of Corrections. He was accused of criminal mischief, careless driving, second-degree assault of a police officer (a felony), and disobeying traffic officer signals.
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According to a police complaint, Scheffler “accelerated forward and refused to comply,” which resulted in the detective being struck down. The detective reportedly sustained injuries to his hand and knee after being pulled to the ground.
Scottie Scheffler Dazzles in Second Round of PGA Following Arrest
Scottie Scheffler was arrested, went to jail, got out, returned to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the second round of the tournament, and had a damn good day.
He made five consecutive pars before storming through his next eight holes, scoring four birdies.
Scheffler was -4 after the first round, and he ended the round two strokes behind the lead when Collin Morikawa birdied five holes in a row at a point to lead into the clubhouse at -11, via Fox Sports.
