Scottie Scheffler charged with assault of a police officer in PGA Championship mess

Scottie Scheffler looked somber while wearing an orange jail shirt in a mugshot photo after the world’s No. 1 golfer was arrested outside of Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday.

The 27-year-old pro was booked and processed at 7:28 a.m. ET into metro corrections on four charges — assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officer directing traffic, according to jail records.

Scottie Scheffler mug shot after arrest
Scottie Scheffler mug shot after arrest Louisville Metro Department of Corrections

Scheffler was arrested “after refusing to stop at a traffic barricade trying to get into Valhalla. That traffic barricade was set up after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a shuttle bus,” a reporter for WDRB, a local Louisville outlet, wrote on X.

Scheffler was detained by police around 5:45 a.m. while trying to get into the golf course amid a separate, unrelated incident involving an accident and a fatality.

Scheffler was originally scheduled to play round two at 8:48 a.m. ET. The tournament was pushed back over an hour due to the accident and traffic.

His tee time now is shortly after 10 a.m. ET.

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