LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NewsNation) — The world’s top golfer, Scottie Scheffler, was detained by police Friday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship after a misunderstanding with traffic flow into the Valhalla Golf Club.
Scheffler was detained by police in handcuffs after he attempted to drive past a police officer on his way into the golf club, according to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington. The officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, prompting the golfer to stop his vehicle just short of the golf club’s entrance.
The officer yelled at Scheffler to remove himself from the vehicle. When he did, the officer reportedly shoved Scheffler against his car and placed him in handcuffs.
Darlington reported that Scheffler remains detained in the back of a police car. The reporter witnessed the incident live and caught part of the arrest on video.
The officer acted “very quickly, very rapidly, very aggressively,” Darlington said on ESPN’s broadcast.
The ESPN reporter was told Scheffler was “going to jail” by police and the PGA security team could not access him.
Scheffler was initially scheduled to tee off at 8:48 a.m. Friday for the second round of the PGA Championship. He is currently ranked as the world’s No. 1 golfer by The Official World Golf Ranking.
“As this is an ongoing situation, we will let you know of any updates as they come,” the PGA told NewsNation in a statement.
The second round was delayed by a separate incident for about an hour after a shuttle bus hit and killed a pedestrian outside the golf club, the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed to ESPN.
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