Scottie Scheffler, the no. A golfer was arrested outside the Valhalla Golf Club.
Scottie Scheffler, the world's no. 1 golfer, was arrested outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., before the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday morning, RadarOnline.com has learned
In shocking images captured by ESPN journalist Jeff Darlington, the Masters champion can be heard asking, “Can you help me?” as two officers take him away in handcuffs and put him in a police car.
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The incident began when Scheffler arrived at the field and attempted to enter by allegedly driving around police officers who were on the scene after an unrelated fatal bus crash that killed a pedestrian near the club. Believing them to be security personnel, he drove another 10 meters after police ordered him to stop.
“The police officer attempted to get into Scheffler's car, and Scheffler stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla,” Darlington wrote to X. “The police officer then began yelling at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler got out of the vehicle, the officer pushed Scheffler into the car and immediately put him in handcuffs. He is now being held in the back of a police car.”
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Scheffler was charged with felony second-degree assault on a police officer.
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Scheffler was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and charged with second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and failure to obey a traffic signal. officer directing traffic.
He was released around 8:40am and has since returned to the course for the delayed 10:08am tee time, where he was. received by cheers and shouts of “Free Scottie!”
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Steve Rominesa local attorney hired on behalf of Scheffler, explained the situation in a brief press conference, saying, “It appears that there had been a traffic accident, maybe even a fatality, on the road and that had changed the patterns of traffic and he wasn't aware of it. The officer who was directing traffic, maybe he wasn't part of the traffic detail at the event, that's where the miscommunication came in.”
“They are allowed through, they have the credentials, so he proceeded as instructed. We will litigate the case as it comes out, Scottie will cooperate fully. He did exactly what he was ordered to do to get into the He has been released , we'll decide whether he's going to play golf today or not, and we'll deal with the court system as it comes.”
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“I'm hoping to put this aside and focus on golf today,” Scheffler wrote in a statement.
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“This morning, I was proceeding as directed by police officers,” Scheffler wrote in a statement posted to his Instagram story. “It was a very chaotic situation, understandably given the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a huge misunderstanding about what was being asked of me. I never intended to ignore any of the instructions.”
“I'm hoping to put that aside and focus on golf today,” he continued. “Of course, everyone involved in the tournament sends our deepest condolences to the family of the man who died in the crash earlier this morning. It really puts everything into perspective.”
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