A Kentucky county’s top prosecutor and the attorney for world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler will speak at a hearing in court Wednesday, 12 days after the PGA Tour star was arrested while trying to drive around the scene of a fatal crash while on his way to the PGA Championship in Louisville. Jefferson County […]
Louisville police Louisville police released two video clips on Thursday of golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest, showing his car crawling slowly through a crash scene before a cop chased after him, whacked his windshield, and hauled him out of the driver’s seat to handcuff him. Scheffler was arrested as he was on his way to the […]
The police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler has received “corrective action” for failing to have his body-worn camera switched on during the incident. Scheffler was detained ahead of the second round of the US PGA Championship after trying to drive into Valhalla Golf Club in heavy traffic caused by an earlier, unrelated accident in which […]
The first court date for world No. 1 ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler in his assaulting a police officer case has been delayed until June, according to court records. Scheffler was originally scheduled to appear Tuesday morning in Jefferson District Court for an arraignment. Court records now show the arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. June […]
Scottie Scheffler’s arraignment date has been postponed by almost two weeks until Monday, June 3rd. The world number one had been due to be arraigned on Tuesday following his arrest during the US PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. According to multiple reports, the Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell said: “Today, over the […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer Scottie Scheffler’s appearance on charges he injured a police officer and disobeyed commands outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club as the venue hosted this year’s PGA Championship. Scheffler, who was handcuffed and briefly jailed on Friday, had been due in court Tuesday, two […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said there isn’t any body camera footage of the incident involving Scottie Scheffler and Louisville Metropolitan Police Detective Bryan Gillis on Friday morning that led to the world No. 1’s arrest ahead of the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship. “The officer did not have body cam […]
“If they would just listen and comply.” A lot of times people say that about the person arrested (or shot) when police use their excessive and militarized tactics on us. Seemingly justifying whatever was done to us because of the auspices of respect and deference to authority. But when a rich white golfer, through the […]
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said there’s no body-worn camera footage from a Louisville Metro Police Department detective’s arrest of PGA golfer Scottie Scheffler Friday morning. Greenberg said Detective Bryan Gillis’s body-cam either was not activated or he was not wearing it during the incident outside Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville media, including WDRB and the Courier-Journal, […]
Early Friday morning outside Valhalla Golf Club, around 6 a.m. ET, John Mills was hit by a shuttle bus and died on the scene. Mills, a Louisville resident, was working as a vendor at the PGA Championship, according to the PGA of America. Following the fatal incident, Scottie Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro police […]
Brooks Koepka will defend his title when Valhalla stages the 106th US PGA Championship from May 16th-19th. Here, we look at some of the main talking points ahead of the year’s second major championship. Can Scottie Scheffler maintain form? For the second time in three years, Scottie Scheffler wins the Masters Tournament. #themasters pic.twitter.com/hVKptJoGyp — […]