Here's Video of Scottie Scheffler Being Detained at the PGA Championship
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Top-ranked player Scottie Scheffler was detained after what is being characterized as a "misunderstanding" with police Friday morning outside of Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville where the PGA Championship is being held.
ESPN's Jeff Darlington, who has been shadowing the Masters champion this week, detailed the incident in a shocking early-morning post on X, formerly Twitter, which occurred when Scheffler tried to drive past a police officer amid a heavy traffic delay.
Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car,…
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024
In an appearance on SportsCenter in which he looked a bit shaken up about what he had just witnessed, Darlington tried to put into words just how quickly this situation escalated and how surprising it was to see Scheffler, both one of the most famous and mild-mannered players in the major's field, taken away in handcuffs. He also just provided video from the scene in which a police officer says "right now, he's going to jail and it ain't nothing you can do about it."
Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: https://t.co/8UPZKvPCCf pic.twitter.com/9Tbp2tyrJh
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024
Second round action at Valhalla has been delayed over an hour and will begin at 8:35 a.m. Scheffler, who fired a 67 on Thursday to put himself in predictable contention, was originally scheduled to tee off at 8:48 a.m. That's now been moved to 10:08 a.m.