How will Scottie Scheffler being detained in handcuffs affect his PGA Championship round 2?

The Masters winner, who is currently T12 on the leaderboard after R1 of the second major, was detained for a traffic violation in front of the clubhouse.

Svetozar PavlovićceletozasvetaUpdate: May 17th, 2024 08:03 EDT

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World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was detained by Louisville Metro Police on Friday morning while trying to drive into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club, the site of this week’s PGA Championship, after a separate traffic incident earlier this morning that ended with a fatal accident involving a local Shuttle BUS that operates during the PGA Championship tournament and a pedestrian.

The man, who has not been identified, was struck and killed while crossing Shelbyville Road at 5 a.m. on Friday. The collision occurred in a lane designated for buses. For those reasons, there was heavy traffic, considering the circumstances and the complexity of the situation.

Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car,…

— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024

What rule did Scottie Scheffler break?

According to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, who noticed the incident just past the entry to Valhalla Golf Club, Scheffler was detained by the police officers regulating the traffic in handcuffs. After misunderstanding traffic flow rules, he attempted to drive past a police officer directly into Valhalla Golf Club premises without obeying his instructions.

Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: https://t.co/8UPZKvPCCf pic.twitter.com/9Tbp2tyrJh

— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024