“He is going to prison”: the astonishing images of the arrest of world number 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler in the middle of the PGA Championship

World number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler was arrested by police this Friday morning while he was on his way to the second round of the PGA Championship. The American was handcuffed after refusing to comply following a road accident.

World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested and handcuffed this Friday morning. The American allegedly tried to bypass a police check on his way to the Valhalla course in Louisville where he was to play the second round of the PGA Championship, according to American media.

“There’s nothing you can do about it.”

Scottie Scheffler allegedly refused to stop at the request of a police officer who was regulating traffic near the golf club, where a fatal accident that occurred before the player's arrival had created a huge traffic jam, according to the same source. In a video posted on X by ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, Scheffler can be seen being handcuffed with his hands behind his back and taken to be placed in the back of a police car.

In the footage, filmed before daybreak, police can be heard yelling at witnesses to back off, and one officer telling them “now he's going to jail and there's nothing you can do about it.” 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.

In the first round this Thursday, Scottie Scheffler returned a card of 67, four shots under par, which placed him in 12th position, five shots behind leader Xander Schauffele. He was scheduled to start his second lap at 10:08 a.m. local time (3:08 p.m. French time). He was finally released fairly quickly and the golfer then went to Valhalla Golf Club where the competition takes place.