World’s No. 1 Golfer Arrested and Jailed Trying to Get to the PGA Championship Golf Course

Ojai Country Club golf course in Ojai Valley in California
This was undoubtedly a PGA championship first and a scenario that one doesn’t typically associate with the rather genteel game of golf.
The world’s No. 1 golfer, en route to the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, early Friday morning for an early tee, found himself, instead of relaxing at the clubhouse, arrested and in handcuffs, being taken downtown, having his mugshot taken, having a brief relaxing stay in a jail cell, and being charged with at least one felony. Miraculously, he did return before tee time.
And this was all ahead of the second round at the PGA Championship where, immediately outside the entrance to the club, pandemonium reigned.
Players and others associated with the championship described a scene of chaos and pandemonium near the entrance for a tournament employee had been struck and killed by a bus.
A statement issued by Louisville police said that, at 6:16 a.m. local time on Friday, as police officers were directing traffic around the scene of the accident, there was “an encounter with a motorist attempting to make entry into a restricted area ultimately led to the driver being arrested.”
The accident had taken place at 5:17 a.m.
This came as Scheffler was seeking his second PGA championship in a row and making his first start since his wife, Meredith, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Bennett, a week earlier. Adding to the chaos, Scheffler’s regular caddy, Ted Scott, was absent Saturday due to a family obligation.
Since this news story isn’t intended as sports coverage, and no one on staff is a sports reporter capable of explaining golf, suffice it to say that the words “disastrous,” “bogey,” and “double bogey” were all used by sports writers who actually understand the game.
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