{"id":2246712,"date":"2024-05-17T08:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worlds-top-golfer-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-club-for-2nd-round-of-pga-championship\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T08:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:26:33","slug":"worlds-top-golfer-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-club-for-2nd-round-of-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worlds-top-golfer-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-club-for-2nd-round-of-pga-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Top golfer arrested attempting access PGA Championship club for 2nd round"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworlds-top-golfer-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-club-for-2nd-round-of-pga-championship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Scottie Scheffler, the world&#8217;s No. 1 golfer, was detained by authorities on his way to the Valhalla Golf Club for the PGA Championship. The incident involved a confrontation with a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a> directing traffic. Despite\u200d being handcuffed and taken into custody, Scheffler&#8217;s\u2064 arrest seems to be \u2062a misunderstanding unrelated to a fatal accident nearby. \u2063Scottie Scheffler, the world&#8217;s No. 1 golfer, faced detainment by authorities while en route to the Valhalla Golf Club for the PGA Championship. The altercation occurred during a \u200bdispute with a traffic-directing\u200c police officer.\u200d Despite being handcuffed and detained, Scheffler&#8217;s arrest \u200dappears to be a misunderstanding unconnected\u2062 to a nearby fatal accident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world, was detained by authorities and placed in the back of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quebec-is-now-under-the-equivalent-of-covid-martial-law-no-one-is-allowed-on-the-streets-after-8pm-till-5am\/\" title=\"Quebec Is Now Under the Equivalent of COVID \u2018Martial Law\u2019 \u2013 No One is Allowed on the Streets after 8pm Till 5am\">police car<\/a> while he was trying to get to the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the second round of the PGA Championship Friday morning, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffDarlington\/status\/1791417323867283597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scheffler reportedly attempted to drive past a police officer directing traffic and angered the officer. The officer then \u201cattempted to attach himself to Scheffler\u2019s car,\u201d according to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who said he witnessed the bizarre scene. The golfer stopped his vehicle at the entrance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-first-public-comments-since-leaving-white-house-plays-coy-about-future-plans\/\" title=\"Trump Makes First Public Comments Since Leaving White House \u2013 Plays Coy About Future Plans\">golf club<\/a> and was told by the officer to exit his car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs,\u201d Darlington wrote. \u201cHe is now being detained in the back of a police car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A video posted on X by the ESPN reporter showed Scheffler being taken into custody before he was driven away in the back of the police car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, he\u2019s going to jail,\u201d one officer told Darlington. \u201cHe\u2019s going to jail, and there ain\u2019t nothing you can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UPZKvPCCf\">https:\/\/t.co\/8UPZKvPCCf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Tbp2tyrJh\">pic.twitter.com\/9Tbp2tyrJh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffDarlington\/status\/1791428598080938492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio \u201cReporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">police cars<\/a> were on the scene outside Valhalla Golf Club in response to a fatal accident involving a pedestrian, according to ESPN. That accident was unrelated to Scheffler\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What the heck is going on right now? Scottie Scheffler arrested trying to get into Valhalla?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3coox510t\">pic.twitter.com\/a3coox510t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sam stone (@sam_rock_stone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sam_rock_stone\/status\/1791424102441365986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Darlington added on the ESPN broadcast that police \u201chad no idea\u201d that the man they had arrested was the best golfer in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say that because one police officer came up to me with his pad and said, pen in hand, \u2018Can you tell me the name of the person we just arrested?&#8217;\u201d Darlington reported.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715966858845000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0CjpKbgEgpCXchCtotzUFs\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Scheffler finished the first round on Thursday at four under par, which placed him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pga.com\/events\/leaderboards\/pga-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied for 12th<\/a> and safely into the second round of the PGA Championship. The golfer is coming off a victory at the Masters last month, and Scheffler and his wife also celebrated the birth of the couple\u2019s first child, with Scheffler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C67huq2tLRq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting<\/a> a picture of the newborn earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>After winning his second green jacket last month, Scheffler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/worlds-number-1-golfer-explains-what-defines-him-as-a-person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that what defines him most is not his success in golf, but his faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been given a platform to compete and show my talent,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not anything that I did. I think I sat up here a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-woke-policing-the-woke\/\" title=\"The Woke Policing the Woke\">couple years ago<\/a> during the interview after the 2020 Masters and it\u2019s like, yeah, I was underprepared for what was about to happen. I didn\u2019t know what was going to happen. I didn\u2019t. I was very anxious that morning. I didn\u2019t know what to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s hard to describe the feeling, but I think that\u2019s what defines me the most is my faith,\u201d he added. \u201cYou know, I believe in one Creator, and I\u2019ve been called to come out here, do my best to compete and glorify God and that\u2019s pretty much it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler detained en route to Valhalla Golf Club for PGA Championship round two. ESPN reported his attempt to bypass security at the Louisville, Kentucky venue, resulting in his detainment in a police car on Friday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2246713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2152729830-scaled-e1715945747320.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2152729830-scaled-e1715945747320.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}