The No.1 golfer on the planet was arrested on Friday..
. and proceeded to shoot a 66 when he made bail. In the midst of the year's second major, the PGA Championship, at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, Scottie Scheffler found himself in hot water ahead of the tournament's second day.
He of Friday. When he ignored the officer's request to stop, Scheffler allegedly drove on — and the officer, Louisville Metropolitan Police Detective Bryan Gillis, grabbed a hold of the car. Scheffler is accused of dragging Gillis with him for several yards before ultimately stopping when he was subsequently placed under arrest.
Scheffler's tee time was moved back, he made bail and returned to the tournament. According to , Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg stated that no body camera footage exists of this apparent moment. "The officer did not have body cam footage turned on during the incident," Greenberg divulged, per Woodard.
"We will release footage that we have ...
to my knowledge, we have not yet discovered any video of the initial contact between Officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler." Greenberg noted that footage from across the street should have captured the alleged incident.
This footage is set to be released within the next few days. Scheffler has been charged with second-degree assault of a police officer (a felony), along with reckless driving, ignoring traffic signals from an officer, and third-degree criminal mischief (all misdemeanors). Gillis was hospitalized after th.