The world’s number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, has been detained and handcuffed by police for reportedly trying to navigate a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident near a course.
Second-round play of the US PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky was delayed after a pedestrian was struck by a bus while crossing the street in a tournament vehicle-only lane.
Traffic was backed up for about a mile in both directions on the only road leading to the site, with dozens of police cars flashing red and blue lights near the entrance.
Scheffler, who was due to arrive at the track shortly before 9 a.m., was apparently trying to pass a police officer when he was stopped and dragged from the car.
ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident, said on air: “Traffic had backed up and was backing up.
“Scottie Scheffler attempted to enter Valhalla Golf Club using a side median, at which time a police officer ordered him to stop.
“Scheffler attempted to continue, but the police officer tied himself to the side of Scheffler’s car.
“Scheffler stopped the vehicle as he turned onto Valhalla Golf Club at the entrance, about 10 to 20 meters from the point where the police officer first told him to stop.
“At that point, the police officer ordered Scheffler to get out of the car.
“He rolled down the window, the police grabbed his arm and started pulling him.
“He reached inside, opened the car door, pulled Scheffler out, pushed him against the car and immediately handcuffed him.”
He added: “Scheffler was then taken to the police car, placed in the back, handcuffed, very stunned by what was happening, he looked up at me while he was handcuffed and said, ‘Please help me.’
“He clearly didn’t know what was happening in the situation. He moved very quickly, very quickly, very aggressively.”
Darlington said an officer asked him to leave and when he identified himself to the media, he was told, “There’s nothing you can do. He’s going to go to jail.”
He said another police officer approached him later with a notebook and asked him if he knew the name of the person who was handcuffed.
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