Scottie Scheffler was in uncharted territory early Friday morning when he was arrested on his way to the PGA Championship in Valhalla.
The ordeal left Scheffler feeling “pretty disconcerted, to say the least,” and he admitted it took him “a few holes” to feel somewhat normal again.
But in a somewhat ironic twist (he faces a felony charge for second-degree assault on a police officer), the officers involved in Scheffler's arrest ended up playing a role in calming him down.
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Scottie Scheffler of the United States tees off on his first hole, the par-5, 10th hole with playing partner Wyndham Clark during the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (David Cannon/Getty Images)
“The officer who took me to the jail was very nice, he was great. We had a nice chat in the car, that helped me calm down. I was sitting there waiting to get in, and I asked him, he was like 'Can you come over for a while?' hang out with me for a few minutes so I can calm down?…'” Scheffler said after his round. (He even joked that he had been stretching in a jail cell.)
“The officers inside the jail were tremendous.”
Scheffler even said he was the butt of some jokes inside the jail “when they found out who I was, what happened and how I ended up there.”
“This senior officer looked at me when he was doing my fingerprints and said, 'Do you want a full experience today?' I looked at him and said, 'I don't know how to respond to that.' He said, 'Come on man, do you want a sandwich?' I was like 'sure, I'll have a sandwich. I haven't had breakfast yet.'
Scottie Scheffler of the United States reacts on the 18th green during the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
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“I'm grateful that we have such strong police. They are our protectors out there. We found ourselves in a chaotic situation this morning. That's really all it was.”
Scheffler was detained at 6:01 a.m. ET and released just over two and a half hours later, arriving in Valhalla another half hour later, 56 minutes before his departure time.
Starting with the back nine, the reigning masters The champion naturally birdied 10 to start the day. He followed with a bogey on the 11th but responded with a birdie on the 12th.
After five consecutive pars, he made four birdies in his next eight holes.
He finished the round two strokes behind the leader, as Collin Morikawa made five consecutive birdies at one point to head to the clubhouse at -11; Scheffler was -4 after the first round.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States speaks to the media during a press conference during the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Scheffler was booked into the Louisville Department of Corrections later Friday. He was also charged with criminal mischief, reckless driving and disobeying the signals of an officer directing traffic.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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