The No. 1 golfer in the world Scottie Scheffler He was arrested and charged with four crimes, one of them serious, before the start of the second round of PGA Championship this Friday morning. Scheffler posted a second round of 66 after returning to the course in a one-owner car Valhalla Golf Club.
“I was surprised, it took me a while to calm down in the car. It was a chaotic situation,” said Scheffler, who said the incident was a “big misunderstanding that I think will be resolved very quickly.”
The arrest occurred when Scheffler was trying to enter the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville driving a courtesy car marked as a player. The 27-year-old was attempting to drive to the scene of a fatal crash that occurred, according to Louisville Metro Police, at 5:09 a.m. when a shuttle bus struck and killed an adult pedestrian ( he was a tournament worker) when It crossed the road near the main gate of Valhalla.
Scheffler, who was not involved in the accident, allegedly failed to yield to a stop order before a police officer pulled over the golfer’s car.
“I was pretty upset, to say the least. The officer took me to the jail, he was very nice, he was great. We had a nice talk. He put me at ease,” said Scheffler. “A senior officer looked at me, he fingerprinted me, and he said, ‘Do you want the full experience now?’ I said, ‘I don’t know how to answer that. He said, ‘Would you like a sandwich?’
Scheffler said she was confused by what was happening and often shook. On Friday morning he sat in a holding cell and saw his face on ESPN when he learned that departure times had been delayed by the weather.
Scheffler was released after being booked by the Louisville (Kentucky) Metropolitan Department of Corrections and had his mugshot taken while he was wearing an orange jail jumpsuit. “I stayed in the tournament after a pretty rough day,” Scheffler said as he turned his focus back to golf.
Scheffler drove between 10 and 20 meters before stopping his car at the entrance to Valhalla, according to an ESPN reporter who was at the scene. As soon as he opened the car door, an officer put him in the car and handcuffed him, ESPN reported.
The charges against him are second-degree assault on a police officer, a felony, as well as third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and failure to obey traffic signals.
“This morning, I proceeded as directed by the police officers,” Scheffler told ESPN after returning to Valhalla. “It’s a very chaotic situation, obviously given the tragic accident that happened earlier, and there was a huge misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. It was never my intention to ignore any of the instructions. I hope ” To set aside this and focus on golf today, all of us who participated in the tournament express our deepest condolences to the family of the man who died in the accident this morning. No. 1 in social networks.
The PGA of America said the accident victim was an employee of one of the tournament’s suppliers. He was later identified as John Mills, 69.
The incident with Scheffler occurred around 6 am Scheffler was booked at 7:28 am and released at 8:40 am He returned to Valhalla at 9:12 am and entered the clubhouse.
The second round was scheduled to start at 7:15 am but was delayed until 8:35 am as traffic backed up outside the field and players struggled to get in. According to PGA communications, all tees have been delayed 80 minutes from the originally published time.
Scheffler’s tee off was originally scheduled for 8:48 a.m. The two-time major winner came out to play at 10:08 a.m.
Source: La Verdad
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