Golf: World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler released by police after refusing to comply while on his way to the PGA Championship

In a video posted on X by ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, Scheffler can be seen handcuffed behind his back and taken to be placed in the back of a police car. In this footage filmed before daybreak, police can be heard shouting at witnesses to back off, and an officer telling them “now he's going to jail and there's nothing you can do about it.”

According to local television station WAVE-TV and Golf Digest, Scheffler was formally charged with assaulting a police officer, criminal conduct, reckless driving and disregarding the commands of a regulating police officer. the circulation.

The second round of the PGA Championship was delayed by 80 minutes “due to the accident which occurred near the course and in which a pedestrian was killed by a bus”, announced the PGA citing the police.

Released for second round

According to SiriusXM PGA Tour radio, Scheffler admitted the facts and was released early enough to hope to be at the start of the second round at 10:08 a.m. local time (4:08 p.m. in France) as planned by the official program. He shares his game with two other Major winners, Wyndham Clark (US Open 2023) and Brian Harman (British Open 2023).

In the first round on Thursday, Scheffler returned a card of 67, four shots under par, which placed him in 12th position, five shots behind leader Xander Schauffele. He is scheduled to start his second lap at 10:08 a.m. local time (4:08 p.m. in France).

Scheffler, winner last month of his second Masters, had until then been the great story of the second Major of the season, the first tournament he has played since he became the father last week of his first child, Bennett.