Scottie Scheffler reportedly detained by police at the PGA Championship: Everything we know so far

The details of the shocking reports about Scottie Scheffler being detained and handcuffed at the PGA Championship.

Yes, you read that right: Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 golfer and a new dad, was detained by police early Friday morning before the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.

Why? What the heck happened? And what happened next? We’re here to fill you in on the developing story as the second round on Friday was also delayed (not because of Scheffler’s detainment but for other reasons).

So here’s everything we know so far as the story broke early on Friday morning, and we’ll update this with more information as it continues to come in:

Scottie Scheffler was apparently detained and handcuffed by police outside of Valhalla

This, per ESPN’s Jeff Darlington:

The rest of that tweet:

The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.

Darlington had more to say about the incident

Again, more:

Then when Scheffler rolled his window down, the officer reached into his vehicle and grabbed his arm.

Scheffler reportedly said “Please help me.”

More reported details here

Scheffler was booked and here’s his mug shot

Here’s video of the incident with police

The delay at the PGA Championship wasn’t related to Scheffler’s detainment

Round 2 was delayed after a pedestrian was killed by a bus that was near the golf club, per local police.

Per Pat Forde, he was released

Scheffler was back at Valhalla and was ready to play at his 10:08 a.m. tee time

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