Stunning reports out of the US have claimed the world’s best golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police hours before round two of the PGA Championship.
According to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, a misunderstanding with traffic flow ended with Scheffler being confronted by a police officer, who placed him in handcuffs.
Darlington told ESPN’s Sportscentre that the situation moved “very quickly, very rapidly, very aggressively”
He also reported that Scheffler told Darlington, who was entering the property, “please help me”.
Darlington later posted vision of the arrest, in which a police officer tells him: “Right now he’s going to jail, and there ain’t nothing you can do about it”.
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Scheffler, the world No.1 and reigning Masters champion, was the hot favourite to win the PGA Championship.
He posted four-under in the first round and sat five shots off early leader Xander Schauffele.
Scheffler is also playing his first tournament since becoming a father to son Bennett, who was born on May 8.
The shock arrest came on Friday morning local time in the aftermath of an entirely separate, fatal incident near the course, which had delayed the start of the second round.
According to Golf Digest senior writer Joel Beal, “a pedestrian was hit and killed by a shuttle bus outside Valhalla”, sparking the road closure.
It’s believed Scheffler was trying to get into the golf course for his second round tee time when the reported misunderstanding with police occurred.
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Australian duo Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert are in contention entering the second round of action at the PGA Championship at Valhalla, where American Xander Schauffele made a statement with a course record 62 on Friday morning.
The historic performance saw Schauffele sit 9-under with a three-shot lead over Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau and Mark Hubbard.
Smith is positioned six shots behind the leading Schauffele in a tie for 18th after recording four birdies and one bogey in the opening round, while Herbert is trailing closely behind after a 2-under 69.
Wet weather is expected for the second round of play, with the slight chance of a thunderstorm, although the rain itself is expected to be fairly intermittent, meaning there isn’t any real risk of a washout.
Either way, Smith said he is anticipating “a long week”.
“I think you know that at the start of the week anyway. It’s a major week,” he said after the opening round.
“It’s always more demanding, so plenty of rest this afternoon. Maybe get a few balls, clean some stuff up and yeah, get a good sleep tonight.”
Smith and Herbert, who received a special invitation to the PGA Championship, lead the Australian contingent with Jason Day the next closest at a share of 65th after an even-par opening round.
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Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee, meanwhile, are even further back at a tie for 85th after finishing one-over while Cam Davis had a horror first round, rounding out the Australians on seven-over in a share for 150th.
As for the other contenders, Rory McIlroy put a tough week behind him as he took a share of fifth at five-under after the first round, which started less than 48 hours after his divorce filing from wife Erica became public.
“I sort of felt like it was pretty scrappy for the most part,” he said.
“I don’t really feel like I left many out there. I thought I got a lot out of my game today. Some good up-and-downs, the chip-in on 6.
“I had a little bit of a scrappy part around the turn there, but overall really happy with — not really happy with how I played but at least happy with the score.”
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD (TOP FIVE)
1: Xander Schauffele -9
T2: Sahith Theegala -6
T2: Tony Finau -6
T2: Mark Hubbard -6
T5: Rory McIlroy -5
T5: Robert MacIntyre -5
T5: Tom Hoge -5
T5: Tom Kim -5
T5: Thomas Detry -5
T5: Collin Morikawa -5
T5: Maverick McNealy -5
AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION
T18: Cameron Smith -3
T32: Lucas Herbert -2
T65: Jason Day E
T85: Adam Scott +1
T85: Min Woo Lee +1
T150: Cam Davis +7
SECOND ROUND TEE TIMES (AEST)
1ST TEE
9:15pm — Rich Beem, Sebastian Soderberg, Kazuma Kobori
9:26pm — Josh Bevell, Aaron Rai, Jordan Smith
9:37pm — Andrew Putnam, Jesse Mueller, Charley Hoffman
9:48pm — Si Woo Kim, Tom Hoge, Alex Noren
9:59pm — Y.E. Yang, Matthieu Pavon, J.T. Poston
10:10pm — Jake Knapp, Jason Dufner, Francesco Molinari
10:21pm — Thomas Detry, Jimmy Walker, Rasmus Hojgaard
10:32pm — Austin Eckroat, Luke List, Mackenzie Hughes
10:43pm — Sungjae Im, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Beau Hossler
10:54pm — Thorbjorn Olesen, Brendon Todd, Keith Mitchell
11:05pm — John Somers, Brice Garnett, Jesper Svensson
11:16pm — Emiliano Grillo, Evan Bowser, Alejandro Tosti
11:27pm — Vincent Norrman, Wyatt Worthington II, Chris Gotterup
2:45am — Doug Ghim, Tyler Collet, Adrian Meronk
2:56am — Larkin Gross, LUCAS HERBERT, Grayson Murray
3:07am — Lucas Glover, Stephan Jaeger, Russell Henley
3:18am — Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas
3:29am — Tiger Woods, ADAM SCOTT, Keegan Bradley
3:40am — Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose
3:51am — CAMERON SMITH, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland
4:02am — Brooks Koepka, Max Homa, Jordan Spieth
4:13am — Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton, Sahith Theegala
4:24am — Akshay Bhatia, Tommy Fleetwood, Bryson DeChambeau
4:35am — Sepp Straka, Takumi Kanaya, Nick Taylor
4:46am — Andy Svoboda, Ben Griffin, Dean Burmester
4:57am — Preston Cole, Tim Widing, Adrian Otaegui
10TH TEE
9:20pm — David Puig, Thirston Lawrence, Matt Dobyns
9:31pm — Tracy Phillips, Denny McCarthy, Keita Nakajima
9:42pm — Talor Gooch, CAMERON DAVIS, Harris English
9:53pm — JASON DAY, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Hojgaard
10:04pm — MIN WOO LEE, Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel
10:15pm — Gary Woodland, Tom Kim, Joaquin Niemann
10:26pm — Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson, Matthew Fitzpatrick
10:37pm — Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Cameron Young
10:48pm — Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Scottie Scheffler
10:59pm — Patrick Cantlay, Camilo Villegas, Will Zalatoris
11:10pm — Patrick Reed, Sam Burns, Padraig Harrington
11:21pm — Brad Marek, Mark Hubbard, Maverick McNealy
11:32pm — Braden Shattuck, S.H. Kim, C.T. Pan
2:40am — Michael Block, Luke Donald, Shaun Micheel
2:51am — Jeff Kellen, Alex Smalley, Ben Kohles
3:02am — Ryan Fox, Josh Speight, Matt Wallace
3:13am — Zac Oakley, Adam Svensson, Ryo Hisatsune
3:24am — Adam Hadwin, Martin Kaymer, Taylor Pendrith
3:35am — Byeong Hun An, Alexander Bjork, Eric Cole
3:46am — Adam Schenk, Corey Conners, Nick Dunlap
3:57am — John Daly, Lee Hodges, Robert MacIntyre
4:08am — Peter Malnati, Kurt Kitayama, Victor Perez
4:19am — Benn Polland, Zac Blair, Ryan van Valezen
4:30am — Jeremy Wells, Sami Valimaki, K.H. Lee
4:41am — Jared Jones, Taylor Moore, Patrick Rodgers
4:52am — Kyle Mendoza, Andy Ogletree, Erik van Rooyen
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