Scottie Scheffler was in unfamiliar territory early Friday morning, as he was arrested en path to the PGA Championship at Valhalla.
The ordeal had Scheffler feeling “pretty rattled, to say the least,” and he admitted it took him a “few holes” to really feel considerably regular once more.
However in a considerably ironic twist (he’s going through a felony cost of second-degree assault on a police officer), the officers who have been concerned in putting Scheffler in custody wound up enjoying a task in calming him down.
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Scottie Scheffler of The USA walks off the tee on his first gap, the par 5, tenth gap along with his enjoying companion Wyndham Clark throughout the second spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership on Might 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (David Cannon/Getty Photos)
“The officer that took me to the jail was very sort, he was nice. We had a pleasant chat within the automobile, that form of helped calm me down. I used to be sitting there ready to go in, and I requested him, I used to be like ‘Are you able to simply come hang around with me for a couple of minutes so I can settle down?…’” Scheffler stated after his spherical. (He even joked that he had been stretching in a jail cell.)
“The officers contained in the jail have been great.”
Scheffler even stated he was the butt of some jokes made contained in the jail “after they found out who I used to be and what occurred and the way I ended up there.”
“This one older officer checked out me once I was doing my fingerprints and appears at me and goes ‘Would you like full expertise immediately?’ I checked out him and go, ‘I don’t know the way to reply that.’ He was like ‘Come on man, would you like a sandwich?’ I used to be like ‘positive, I’ll take a sandwich. I didn’t eat breakfast but.’ They have been actually sort.
Scottie Scheffler of the US reacts on the 18th inexperienced throughout the second spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership on Might 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Photos)
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“I’m grateful that we’ve such robust police. They’re our protectors on the market. We simply obtained right into a chaotic state of affairs this morning. That’s actually all it was.”
Scheffler was detained at 6:01 a.m. ET and launched simply over two-and-a-half hours later, and arrived at Valhalla one other half hour after that, 56 minutes earlier than his tee time.
Beginning on the again 9, the reigning Masters champion naturally birdied 10 to start out the day. He adopted with a bogey on 11 however responded with a birdie on 12.
After five-straight pars, he then ripped off 4 birdies in his subsequent eight holes.
He completed the spherical two photographs again of the lead, as Collin Morikawa rattled off 5 straight birdies at some extent to move into the clubhouse at -11; Scheffler was -4 after the primary spherical.
Scottie Scheffler of the US speaks to the media throughout a press convention throughout the second spherical of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership on Might 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photos)
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Scheffler was booked into the Louisville Division of Corrections later Friday. He was additionally charged with felony mischief, reckless driving and disregarding indicators from an officer directing site visitors.
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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