The second round of the PGA Championship began this Friday with delay of 80 minutes at Valhalla Golf Club, but that in the presence of Scottie Schefflerrecent Masters champion, who was stopped by police hours earlier while trying to enter the field.
Scheffler, world number one, who is five strokes behind the leader and has a start time of 4:08 pm (Spanish time), is arrested by police for an incident unrelated to a fatal accident that occurred near a field in Louisville (Kentucky) which caused the golfer’s delay in arriving at the club.
The American golfer He was arrested early Friday on his way to the Valhalla Golf Club after skipping a police checkpoint set up after a man was run over by a bus. five o’clock in the morning
The police officer tried to harness himself to Scheffler’s car, but Scheffler stopped his car at the entrance to Valhalla. The police started shouting at him to get out of the car. When the golfer got out of the car, the officer pushed him into the car and immediately handcuffed him, charging him with assault on a police officer and other charges, as ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington explained.
The The ESPN TV broadcast also showed a mugshot showing Scheffler wearing an orange jail-issued jumpsuit.. Scheffler is subsequently freed and reaches Valhalla.
Early starters travel in light rain hoping to succeed Xander Schauffelewhose nine-under par 62 in the first round tied the major championship record.
Olympic champion Schauffele, who finished the first round with a three-shot lead Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala and Mark Hubbardwill start his day’s tour at 8:38 pm
A day after a 10 minute delay due to fog which quickly gave way to sunshineFriday’s forecast is rain every morning with a slight chance of thunderstorms. The rain became more scattered throughout the afternoon.
The Northern Irishman Rory McIlroyseeking to win his first major in a decade, is one of seven players four shots behind the leader and will start at 9 pm, two groups behind Schauffele.
Among the five shots behind the leader is the defending champion Brooks Koepkawhich starts at 9:22 pm, looking to get a little closer to becoming the first back-to-back winner of the event since he successfully defended his title in 2019.
Tiger Woodswhose putter abandoned him at the end of the first round with a pair of three-putt bogeys, opened with a one-over-par 72 and will likely need to improve if he hopes to make the cut.
The week marked the first event for Woods since last month’s Masters, where the injury-plagued golfer made a tournament-record 24th consecutive cut and then finished last among those playing over the weekend.
Barring further delays or unforeseen events, Woods will begin his tour at 8:49 pm The Spanish Jon Rahm It started the second journey at 3:57 pm
Source: La Verdad
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