Scottie Scheffler was detained by police forward of his PGA Championship second spherical.
In line with ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident simply previous the doorway to Valhalla, Scheffler was “detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with visitors move led to his try to drive previous a police officer into Valhalla Golf Membership.”
Darlington added, “The police officer tried to connect himself to Scheffler’s automobile, and Scheffler then stopped his car on the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then started to scream at Scheffler to get out of the automobile. When Scheffler exited the car, the officer shoved Scheffler in opposition to the automobile and instantly positioned him in handcuffs. He’s now being detained behind a police automobile.”
The officer, per Darlington, didn’t appear to understand it was Scheffler and in addition mentioned to Darlington, “There’s nothing you are able to do. He’s going to jail.”
ESPN additionally confirmed video of Scheffler being positioned behind the police automobile in handcuffs.
Second-round play has been delayed a minimum of an hour due to an accident close to the course. Golf Digest’s Joel Beall reported {that a} pedestrian was hit and killed by a shuttle bus exterior the golf course. Scheffler was not concerned within the accident, per ESPN.
Scheffler, who shot 4-under 67 on Thursday, was initially speculated to tee off at 8:48 a.m. ET.