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Scottie Scheffler gets laugh over subtle jab at his PGA Championship arrest on ESPN’s College GameDay

While on ESPN’s GameDay, the No. 1 player in the world picked his alma mater, but also got a laugh.

AUSTIN, Texas — By the time the final pick of ESPN’s College GameDay was made on Saturday, there was little drama remaining. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world, was certain to pick the top-ranked Texas football team in Saturday’s showdown between his alma mater and the Georgia Bulldogs, a game that former Austin American-Statesman reporter Brian Davis has called the “biggest game in Royal-Memorial Stadium history.”

But earlier in the show, Scheffler did drop a surprise: Making a comical remark about how much he loves the fans in a certain city.

“Yeah, not to bring anything person to this with Louisville, a great city, love the people,” Scheffler said while the other panelist laughed. “But I think Miami’s going to smoke this.”

Of course, Scheffler was referring to the incident in which he was arrested by police after a traffic misunderstanding ahead of his second round at the 2024 PGA Championship. Scheffler was booked at 7:28 a.m ET, according to online records accessed by Golfweek. ESPN was first to report.

Scheffler faced four charges: Assault in the second degree of a police officer, criminal mischief in the third degree, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic.

The world’s No. 1-ranked golfer was later relieved of all charges. Scheffler was handcuffed and briefly jailed after a Louisville police officer claimed the golfer failed to stop his SUV when ordered to do so. The officer claimed he was dragged and injured by Scheffler’s vehicle.

As for his segment on ESPN,

“Like I say a lot on Tour, being No. 1 I still start even par score zero-zero, so hopefully the guys will show up ready to play tonight,” Scheffler said. “But it should be fun.”

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LMPD alleged Scheffler “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground.”

The Louisville Metro Police Department has scheduled an 11:30 a.m. press conference to discuss the May 17 incident outside Valhalla Golf Club that led to the arrest of professional golfer Scottie Scheffler ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship, according to reporting done by the Louisville Courier-Journal.

According to an arrest citation, Scheffler was driving eastbound in a marked PGA player vehicle toward Gate 1 when he pulled into a westbound lane, “where outbound traffic was flowing,” to bypass the backup caused by an earlier fatal collision.

LMPD Detective Bryan Gillis was “in the middle of the westbound lanes, in full uniform and a hi-visibility yellow reflective rain jacket,” when he stopped Scheffler and “attempted to give instructions,” the citation said.

LMPD alleged Scheffler “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground. Detective Gillis suffered pain, swelling and abrasions to his left wrist and knee.”

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Scheffler, who has since called the incident a “big misunderstanding,” and competed in the tournament later that day, is charged with second-degree assault of a police officer — a felony that carries years of prison time — as well as third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic.

His arraignment has been set for June 3.