Mugshot of PGA Golfer Scott Alexander Scheffler, arrested for assault on police after attempting to enter PGA Championship venue.
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Scottie Scheffler, the highest golfer on this planet, was arrested Friday and charged with felony assault on a police officer and reckless driving exterior of a PGA championship occasion in Kentucky.
Scheffler, 27, was detained after he was seen driving on a median towards the doorway to Valhalla Golf Membership, the positioning of the occasion, and initially failing to heed an officer’s order for him to cease, in accordance with an ESPN reporter who witnessed the incident.
Site visitors exterior the doorway was reportedly stopped after a person was hit and killed by a shuttle bus earlier that morning.
The Louisville Metropolitan Division of Corrections web site confirmed that Scheffler was booked at 7:28 a.m. ET. However the costs in opposition to him appeared to have been disposed, as of 8:50 a.m. ET, in accordance with the DOC website.
The standing of Scheffler’s arrest and the costs in opposition to him weren’t instantly clear. A spokesperson for the PGA didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
Scheffler is about to tee off at 10:08 a.m. ET from the tenth gap for the second day of the championship, in accordance with the PGA’s web site for the occasion.
The ESPN reporter, Jeff Darlington, stated Friday morning that he noticed Scheffler “detained by police officers, placed in the back of a police vehicle in handcuffs after he tried to pull around what he believed to security.”
“When he didn’t stop the police officer attached himself to the vehicle, Scheffler then traveled another 10 yards before stopping the car,” Darlington stated on ESPN’s “Sports Center.”
“The police officer then grabbed at his arm attempting to pull him out of the car before Scheffler eventually opened the door at which point the police officer pulled Scheffler out of the car pushed him up against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs,” Darlington stated.
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