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Report: Scottie Scheffler Detained by Police on Video Ahead of 2024 PGA Championship

Police have detained World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler ahead of the PGA Championship's second round at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.

ESPN's Jeff Darlington, who was an eyewitness to the incident, reported that Scheffler was "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."

Darlington added that "the police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler's car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance" to the golf club. A police officer, according to Darlington, "began to scream" at the golfer "to get out of the car," at which point he was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car.