Scottie Scheffler’s arraignment date has been pushed again to Monday June 3 following his arrest through the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Membership.
Scheffler was initially alleged to be arraigned on Tuesday Might 21 at 9am ET (2pm BST) however the date was modified on Monday.
In an announcement on Monday, Jefferson County Legal professional Mike O’Connell mentioned: “Today, over the objection of Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, the District Judge presiding in the case of Mr Scheffler granted the defendant’s attorney’s motion to continue Mr Scheffler’s arraignment from May 21 to June 3 at 9am.
“Our workplace continues to assemble info within the case.”
Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro Police on Friday morning after trying to drive into Valhalla Golf Club in heavy traffic caused by an earlier – unrelated – accident, events he described as “a giant misunderstanding” following “a really chaotic state of affairs”.
The world No 1 was taken away by police in handcuffs earlier than being launched in time to return for the second spherical, with Scheffler dealing with expenses of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree prison mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding visitors indicators from an officer directing visitors.
His lawyer mentioned over the weekend they’d be ready to go trial if the cost of assaulting a police officer was not dropped, insisting Scheffler “didn’t do anything wrong”. All expenses nonetheless seem on the docket for the brand new date.
Scheffler’s ‘hectic’ week at Valhalla
Scheffler went into the week as pre-tournament favorite after following victory at The Masters by profitable the RBC Heritage final month, his fourth PGA Tour win in 5 begins, with the American returning to motion after skipping the Wells Fargo Championship for the start of his first little one.
He adopted a four-under 67 on the opening day with a second-round 66 on Friday, regardless of being arrested earlier within the day and solely arriving again on the course lower than an hour earlier than his delayed tee time.
Play was delayed for 80 minutes on Friday after a deadly accident noticed a pedestrian – later named as on-site vendor John Mills – struck by a shuttle bus shortly after 5am native time, whereas Scheffler was detained round an hour later as he tried to drive across the scene.
Scheffler was taken away to Louisville Metropolitan Division of Corrections and a mugshot of him rapidly appeared on social media in an orange jumpsuit, with the American booked in at 7.28am earlier than being launched at 8.40am.
He was launched on his personal recognizance and pushed to the course for his second spherical, initially attributable to start at 8.48am however pushed again till 10.08am due to delays, with Scheffler arriving at 9.12am and having a restricted follow session forward of his tee time.
Scheffler’s troubles switched from off beam to on it on Saturday, the place he was with out common caddie Ted Scott attributable to him attending his daughter’s commencement, as he dropped 4 pictures in a three-hole stretch throughout a two-over 73 – his first over-par spherical of the yr.
The ten-time PGA Tour winner bounced again on Sunday to card a six-under 65 and finish the week tied-eighth, eight strokes behind Xander Schauffele, with Scheffler pleased with his end after a ‘hectic’ few days.
“On the course I have always been proud of my toughness out there,” Scheffler instructed CBS. “I try to keep the off course as quiet as possible and this week was obviously not that way, but I’m proud of the way we competed and posted a decent finish running on fumes.”
Scheffler – as of Monday morning – was planning fulfil his dedication to characteristic on the PGA Tour on the Charles Schwab Problem in Texas, reside on Thursday from Sky Sports activities Golf.
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