Scottie Scheffler was apparently a well-liked man when he was briefly in jail Friday morning.
Photographs obtained by TMZ Sports activities present the world’s top-ranked golfer in a Louisville jail Friday after he was arrested over a visitors mishap earlier than the second spherical of the PGA Championship and hit with 4 prices.
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The 27-year-old “couldn’t have been cooler” whereas he was in jail, a person who was locked up with him advised TMZ Sports activities, and a bunch of staffers on the facility got here out to see Scheffler after he was introduced in.
The person was unaware who Scheffler was till, per the report, a cop advised him, “You understand you’re speaking to the primary golfer on this planet, proper?”
“He saved saying it was bulls–t that he was there,” the inmate claimed Scheffler mentioned, in keeping with TMZ Sports activities.
Scheffler’s arrest occurred after a person was fatally struck by a shuttle bus close to Valhalla Golf Membership.
Police had arrange roadblocks after the accident, and Scheffler claimed there was a “misunderstanding” of what he was requested to do whereas driving to the course shortly earlier than 6am.
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Det. Bryan Gillis alleged in a police report that Scheffler “refused to conform” along with his instructions and dragged him to the bottom whereas accelerating.
Gillis was taken to the hospital after he “suffered ache, swelling and abrasions to his left wrist and knee,” the police report mentioned.
Scheffler was charged second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree prison mischief, reckless driving and disregarding alerts from officer directing visitors.
The costs in opposition to Scheffler are anticipated to be dropped, No Laying Up reported Sunday.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg mentioned there was no bodycam video from the arrest however police had footage from a hard and fast digicam throughout the road from the doorway and it will be launched in coming days.
“The officer didn’t have bodycam footage turned on in the course of the incident,” Greenberg mentioned. “The case is within the palms of our county lawyer and I’ll let the authorized issues play out.”
This story initially appeared on the New York Put up and has been reposted with permission