Scottie Scheffler Detained In Handcuffs At PGA Championship After Driving Past Police Officer

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The Friday morning ahead of the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship is one World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will never forget as he was put in handcuffs and reportedly detained in the back of a police car outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club.

According to ESPN's Jeff Darlington, Scheffler attempted to drive past a police officer to enter Valhalla. Scheffler eventually stopped his vehicle, the officer began screaming at him to get out of the vehicle and after exiting, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car before putting him in handcuffs and detaining him in the back seat of a police car.

Shortly after the incident, Darlington jumped on SportsCenter and shared what he witnessed as he did see the entire situation unfold.

"Scottie Scheffler tried to enter Valhalla Golf Club by a side media, to which point a police officer instructed him to stop," Darlington explained. "Scheffler attempted to continue to go, the police officer then attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car. Scheffler stopped the vehicle as he turned into Valhalla Golf Club at the entrance about 10-20 yards from where the police officer first told him to stop."

"At that point, the police officer instructed Scheffler to get out of the car. There was probably 20-30 seconds where Scheffler sat in the car and did not move. He rolled down the window, and when he did roll down the window, the police officer grabbed (Scheffler's) arm and started pulling at it," Darlington said describing the officer approaching Scheffler's car.

"I believe he reached inside, opened the car door, pulled Scheffler out, immediately placed him in handcuffs at which point Scottie Scheffler seeing me behind him said ‘can you help.’"

"The police officer instructed me to step back, I told them I was a member of the media. A police officer turned to me and said ‘there’s nothing you can do, Scottie Scheffler is going to jail.'"

It's worth noting that there was a tremendous police presence at Valhalla on Friday morning as a pedestrian was tragically struck by a shuttle bus outside of the tournament gates and killed while attempting to cross a street. The accident pushed back second-round tee times at least one hour.

At this time, it is unclear if Scheffler is still in police custody. Updates will follow.

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