Days After Serving Jail Time, ‘Tired’ Scottie Scheffler’s Next Steps on the PGA Tour Revealed

The Louisville fiasco has taken a toll on the World No. 1. Unaware of a fatal accident near gate 1 on Friday, Scottie Scheffler, tried to circumvent the traffic, causing Detective Bryan Gillis to put him in handcuffs. Charges of assaulting a police officer, 3rd-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and ignoring an officer’s orders have been brought against him. 

Scottie Scheffler admitted he was ‘fairly tired’ of the entire ordeal. The 27-year-old, a new dad on Tour has kept his off-course life private so far. However, that plan was turned on its head on Friday morning. Now that he is done with his duties at Valhalla, the current Masters champion has revealed his plans ahead.

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Scheffler has dubbed Friday’s predicament a ‘big misunderstanding’. Saturday morning, his prep routine included a lengthy talk with his attorney, Steve Romines. The 10-time PGA Tour winner admitted coming to the course on Sunday: “I think I was still fairly tired. I think this morning when I woke up, I still felt a bit off when I came out here.” 

The University of Texas alum carded the first over-par round of his year, also a first since last year’s Tour Championship, on Saturday. He took a little time to settle on Sunday as well, going 1-over through the first four holes. Eventually, Scottie Scheffler carded seven birdies, five on the back nine, to post a final-round 65. 

It catapulted him sixteen spots to T8, his 10th top-10 in 11 starts this season. It’s the kind of form Scheffler wanted to carry forward to the next tournament. Confirming his presence at the Charles Schwab Challenge, the current Masters champion said, “It was obviously not what I was hoping for going into the week, but overall I’m proud of how I fought this week, and excited to get home and get ready for next week.”. 

Scheffler’s arraignment date was fixed on May 21. Among four charges brought against Scheffler, 2nd-degree assault of a police officer is a class c offense which can result in five years of imprisonment. It was rumored that charges might be dropped against the PGA Tour Pro; however, that’s not the case.

Scheffler’s arraignment date has been postponed 

Citing insider sources, Kevin Van Valkenburg of No Laying Up podcast tweeted that the charges against Scottie Scheffler might be dropped. There hasn’t been any body-cam footage available from Detective Bryan Gillis, who made the arrest and also claimed to be dragged by Scheffler’s official PGA Championship vehicle, resulting in injuries to his wrist and knee. 

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said they were looking at some fixed camera footage on the scene. Those haven’t been released publicly yet. Scheffler’s attorney, Romines, confirmed that the charges haven’t been dropped. 

Contrarily, Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated reported that the arraignment date has been postponed. Romines told SI that his client is set to appear before the court on June 3, which is the week of the Memorial presented by Workday. Dublin, the event venue, is some 200 miles off Louisville.