World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was detained by police early Friday in a shocking incident ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship second round.

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was detained by police early Friday in a shocking incident ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship second round.

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In a shocking incident early Friday morning, Scottie Scheffler was detained by police at Valhalla ahead of the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Darlington.

Darlington, who witnessed the incident, first related details in a tweet and later live on ESPN.

According to Darlington, as Scheffler was driving into the Valhalla parking lot around 6 a.m. ET Friday morning, a police officer attempted to stop Scheffler’s car, but Scheffler continued to drive a short distance. The situation then escalated quickly.

“The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs,” Darlington wrote on X. “He is now being detained in the back of a police car.”

Darlington joined ESPN’s Sportscenter shortly after the incident, where he shared further details.

“The police officer certainly escalated the situation in terms of wanting Scheffler to stop the vehicle. Scheffler then moved the vehicle, though, forward, and he said that to the police officer, ‘I did continue to move the vehicle,’” Darlington said on ESPN.

He continued, “ So in terms of it wasn’t an escalation as much as it was the police officer making vehemently clear that he wanted Scottie Scheffler to stop the vehicle. Scottie Scheffler did not stop the vehicle for 10-20 yards.”

It’s unclear if Scheffler has been released from policy custody yet.

The incident involving Scheffler is not related to the “serious accident” that occurred near Valhalla earlier on Friday morning. Tournament officials announced that the second round would be delayed to 8:35 a.m. ET due to the incident, a delay of one hour and 20 minutes. Scheffler’s tee time is 10:08 a.m.

Scheffler, who is currently the World No. 1, shot a four-under 67 in Thursday’s opening round at Valhalla to get himself in contention in the second major of the year. And it’s a familiar position for him. Scheffler has won four of his last five tournaments, including his second Masters victory at Augusta National in April.

Scheffler and his wife, Meredith, also welcomed their first child just last week.

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