PGA Championship LIVE: Scottie Scheffler plays on despite arrest for ‘assaulting police officer’

Perspective was even harder to come by than birdies through all the raindrops, bourbon and cigar smoke that spilled onto golf’s biggest stage Friday in one of the most bizarre mornings of this year. sport.

By the time the world’s best player, Scottie Scheffler, was incarcerated, his mugshot taken, his police statement recorded and his release secured, entrepreneurs near Valhalla Golf Club were already selling T-shirts. Free Scottie” outside. Fans, some of whom were self-proclaimed Scottie lovers, were already wearing them inside.

And by the time Scheffler left the course, remarkably tied for third place in the PGA Championship after a round that seemed as good as any he had played recently, he had eroded, birdie by birdie, the notion that the The pre-dawn fight with the police, the trip into town, that orange prison-issued shirt, or any of the endless sarcasm and comments that surrounded it all would slow him down.

Was this a classic case of mind over matter? Or another illustration of the public’s ever-increasing thirst for a 24-hour reality TV life? It depends who you ask.

The arrest and immediate release of world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler Friday from a Louisville jail that allowed him to participate in a high-profile tournament after being charged with felony assault has riled some who question whether he benefited from preferential treatment because of its reputation.

They point to what they see as malfeasance by the Louisville Police Department, which a national report last year said used excessive force and invalid search warrants, and question why Scheffler was released so quickly.

Police continue to investigate, but here’s a look at the incident and policing in Louisville:

Golf pro Scottie Scheffler said “stretching in a jail cell was a first” for him, after being arrested the morning before returning to play in the PGA Championship.

The world number one told a press conference that he was “still dizzy” from the day’s events and that he had “never imagined going to prison”, let alone before a departure.

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The arrest of Scottie Scheffler hours before his departure for the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, will go down as one of the most shocking in professional golf history. But it certainly wasn’t the first.

Tiger Woods and John Daly are probably the most high-profile golfers to wear handcuffs, but Scheffler’s arrest is very different because it happened while he was competing in a tournament — a major championship, no less.

Woods was arrested in 2017 on suspicion of driving under the influence when he was found asleep in the driver’s seat of his Mercedes-Benz while recovering from back surgery. Daly was arrested in North Carolina in October 2008 after he was found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant and detained until he became sober.

At least five other professional golfers – Robert Allenby, Steven Bowditch, Matt Every, Joe Ogilvie and Jack McGurn – were arrested during or around a tournament.

Golfer Scottie Scheffler made headlines for all the wrong reasons when he was arrested and charged with felony assault of a police officer on Friday.

Scheffler, 27, allegedly refused to stop for police outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on his way to the second round of the PGA Championship.

Here is a look back at his career:

Scottie Scheffler has spoken of his shock, confusion and fear after being arrested on his way to the US PGA Championship on a surreal and tragic Friday morning.

Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro Police after attempting to enter the golf club in heavy traffic caused by an earlier, unrelated accident in which a pedestrian died after being struck by a shuttle bus.

Tournament officials said they were “devastated” by the death of local man John Mills, who worked for an on-site vendor in Valhalla.

Scheffler, the world number one, faces charges of second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and failure to obey the traffic signals of an officer directing traffic.

-9: Scheffler, Détry, Hubbard, DeChambeau

-8: Hovland, Eckroat, Finau

-7: Koepka, MacIntyre, Matsuyama, Wallace, English

Darkness ended the second round of the PGA Championship, meaning many will have to return tomorrow morning to complete their round.

DeChambeau, however, quickly finishes his final hole with a par to enter the clubhouse at -9. A superb six under par 65 from LIV Golfer who is not one to ignore this weekend.

A real kick-off for the only Scot in the peloton as he finished with two bogeys to fall out of the top ten. It’s a brutal putt from a downhill lie that goes past the hole and he is unable to get back up the slope to save par.

Still, a productive day and he’s still on track for a strong finish before the weekend.