World's top golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested on charges of assaulting officer at PGA championship event
- Scottie Scheffler, the world's top golfer, was detained by police for reckless driving and felony assault on an officer at the 106th PGA Championship in Kentucky.
- Scheffler, 27, was arrested after driving towards the Valhalla Golf Club entrance and not heeding the officer's instructions.
- The golfer was booked by the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections at 7:28 a.m. local time, but later, the charges seemed to have been resolved by 8:50 a.m. ET.
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