Scottie Scheffler arrives at Valhalla to resume PGA Championship after arrest details emerge

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is facing four charges after his arrest on Friday morning but the 27-year-old arrived at Valhalla to resume the PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler has arrived at Valhalla to resume the PGA Championship after charge details emerged following his arrest on Friday morning.

The golf world No. 1 Scheffler is facing four charges, including second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic, court records from Jefferson County have shown.

The 27-year-old was detained on Friday morning and put in handcuffs by police after he tried to drive past a police officer at the entrance to the Valhalla Golf Club. Scheffler has now arrived at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, as he seeks to win a third successive victory after winning the Masters and RBC Heritage in April.

Scheffler arrived at Valhalla in a black four-by-four less than an hour before his tee time. Scheffler is scheduled to get his second round underway at 3:08 P.M. BST (10.08 A.M. ET)

The arrest also follows the birth of his first child, Bennett. Scheffler is one of the favourites to win the PGA Championship having won four of his last five events. He also carded a four-under-par 67 in the first round on Thursday and on the opening hole, Scheffler scored a 167-yard nine-iron for an eagle-two.

Scheffler’s arrest wasn’t the only story coming out of Kentucky ahead of the second major of 2024. The second round has been delayed due to an unrelated accident near the course, which saw a shuttle bus strike and kill a pedestrian outside the golf club, Louisville Metro Police Department, confirmed.

Scheffler was not involved and was reportedly trying to avoid the chaotic scenes outside of Valhalla before being stopped. “Traffic had been backed up and building, Scottie Scheffler tried to enter Valhalla Golf Club using a side median, at which point a police officer instructed him to stop,” ESPN’s Jeff Darlington said.

“Scheffler stopped the vehicle as he turned into Valhalla Golf Club at the entrance, about 10 to 20 yards from the point at which the police officer first told him to stop.”

Scheffler’s lawyer Steve Romines told WLKY: “He was going into Valhalla to work out and get ready for his tee time. They were directing traffic. He held his credential out and was going in like they’d been instructed to.

“And apparently, there had been a traffic accident or maybe even a fatality down the road, and that had changed the traffic patterns. And he was unaware of that. And I think the officer that was directing traffic was maybe not part of the event traffic detail. And so that’s where the miscommunication arose, and that’s why we’re here.”