World’s prime golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested on costs of assaulting officer at PGA occasion

Scottie Scheffler, the highest golfer on the planet, was arrested Friday and charged with felony assault on a police officer and reckless driving outdoors of a PGA championship occasion in Louisville, Kentucky.

Scheffler, 27, was detained after he was seen driving on a median towards the doorway to Valhalla Golf Membership, the location of the occasion, and initially failing to heed an officer’s order for him to cease, in response to an ESPN reporter who witnessed the incident.

On the time, site visitors outdoors the doorway was being rerouted after a person was hit and killed by a shuttle bus earlier that day.

Shortly earlier than his scheduled tee-off time Friday morning, Scheffler in an announcement described the incident as the results of a “huge misunderstanding.”

“This morning, I used to be continuing as directed by law enforcement officials. It was a really chaotic scenario, understandably so contemplating the tragic accident that had occurred earlier,” Scheffler mentioned in a publish on his official Instagram account.

“There was an enormous misunderstanding of what I believed I used to be being requested to do,” he mentioned. “I by no means meant to ignore any of the directions. I am hopeful to place this to the aspect and give attention to golf in the present day.”

Scheffler was launched by the Louisville Metropolitan Division of Corrections with out bail shortly earlier than 9 a.m. ET, in response to native NBC affiliate WAVE.

“We’ll simply let all of it play out, that is the extent of what we all know. It is transferring fairly quick at the moment, however we’ll litigate the case because it comes,” Scheffler’s lawyer, Steve Romines, informed reporters after the golfer’s launch.

Scheffler is about to tee off at 10:08 a.m. ET from the tenth gap for the second day of the championship, in response to the PGA’s web site for the occasion.

Scheffler arrived at Valhalla round 9:10 a.m. ET, giving him lower than an hour to arrange earlier than his scheduled tee time.

A spokesperson for the PGA didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.

The ESPN reporter, Jeff Darlington, mentioned Friday morning that he noticed Scheffler “detained by law enforcement officials, positioned at the back of a police automobile in handcuffs after he tried to drag round what he believed to be safety.”

“When he did not cease the police officer hooked up himself to the automobile, Scheffler then traveled one other 10 yards earlier than stopping the automobile,” Darlington mentioned on ESPN’s “Sports activities Middle.”

“The police officer then grabbed at his arm making an attempt to drag him out of the automobile earlier than Scheffler ultimately opened the door at which level the police officer pulled Scheffler out of the automobile pushed him up towards the automobile and instantly positioned him in handcuffs,” Darlington mentioned.

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