Footage has showed Scottie Scheffler calmly chatting about golf following his arrest at last month's PGA Championship. The American's second round at the PGA Championship in Valhalla was thrown into chaos when he was detained by police hours before he was due to tee off. Detective Bryan Gillis accused Scheffler of refusing to follow orders and accelerating past him, causing injuries that required hospital treatment and 'irreparable damage' to his $80 trousers.
The world no.1 was charged with second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding an officer’s signals. Scheffler and multiple eyewitnesses said the incident was one big misunderstanding and the charges have since been dismissed.
Police bodycam footage has now been published by Bryan Armen Graham - a Guardian journalist from Philadelphia - which shows some of Scheffler's interactions with the Louisville police. In one video, Scheffler was asked if he had been drinking, to which he said that he had only consumed mouth wash and was happy to oblige with a breathalyser test. He then said: "I try not to drink too much when I’m playing golf at 8am.
" Detective Gillis did not have his bodycam switched on during the initial incident but footage from the aftermath shows him complaining to Scheffler about injuries to his wrist and ankle. An apologetic Scheffler is initially shaken by his arrest before seemingly regaining composure on his way to the police station, as n.
