After one round of the 2024 PGA Championship, Xander Schauffele holds a three-stroke lead thanks to a record-setting opening round where he shot a -9, 62. Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala and Mark Hubbard enter the second round Friday tied for second-place with Finau and Theegala set to to be in the same group Friday afternoon.
The action gets started on ESPN at noon EST at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Fans looking to watch the afternoon action live can tune in for free with a free trial of FuboTV or DirecTV Stream.
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On Friday morning, reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested after failing to follow police orders following a pedestrian fatality, ESPN’s Jeff Darlington reported. The victim was struck by a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. EST.
Scheffler was released at 8:40 a.m. EST, and was charged with a felony count of second-degree assault of a police officer along with three misdemeanors: third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
What: Round 2 of 2024 PGA Championship
Where: Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Ky.
When: Friday, May 17 at Noon EST
Last Year’s Winner: Brooks Koepka
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Scottie Scheffler arrested at PGA Championship for not following orders after traffic fatality
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. ESPN reported he failed to follow police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation.
Traffic was backed up for about a mile in both directions on the only road that leads to Valhalla Golf Club, with dozens of police vehicles flashing red-and-blue lights near the entrance.
Police said a pedestrian had been struck by a bus while crossing the road in a lane that was dedicated to tournament traffic.
ESPN said Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world who was to start the second round at 8:48 a.m., drove past a police officer in his SUV with markings on the door indicating it was a PGA Championship vehicle. The officer screamed at him to stop and then grabbed onto the car until Scheffler stopped about 10 yards later.
Scheffler was booked at 7:28 a.m. — about 2 1/2 hours before he was scheduled to start his second round. Police said he was booked for second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
Louisville Metro police spokesman Dwight Mitchell did not immediately return a call seeking comment and information. ESPN reported Scheffler had been released.
Jeff Darlington of ESPN watched this unfold. He said police pulled Scheffler out of the car, pushed him up against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs.
“Scheffler was then walked over to the police car, placed in the back, in handcuffs, very stunned about what was happening, looked toward me as he was in those handcuffs and said, ‘Please help me,’” Darlington said. “He very clearly did not know what was happening in the situation. It moved very quickly, very rapidly, very aggressively.”
Mitchell told Louisville radio station WHAS the man was crossing Shelbyville Road about 5 a.m. and the bus didn’t see him. Mitchell said the man was pronounced dead on the scene.
The PGA Championship posted a notice that play would be delayed because of the accident. The second round was to start 1 hour, 20 minutes later than scheduled tee times, meaning Scheffler was not due to start until a little after 10 a.m.
Rain began pounding Valhalla a short time later, and with recent rain earlier in the week that twice shut down the course, play was likely to be halted even longer.
With cars backed up in the morning darkness, other PGA-marked vehicles tried to move slowly toward the entrance. Traffic finally began to move gradually a little before 7 a.m.
It was a surreal start to what already has been a wild week of weather — the Masters champion and top-ranked player in the world, dressed in workout clothes with his hands in cuffs behind his back amid flashing flights.
Darlington said police were not sure who Scheffler was. He said an officer asked him to leave and when he identified himself being with the media, he was told, “There’s nothing you can do. He’s going to jail.”
Darlington said another police officer later approached with a notepad and asked if he knew the name of the person they put in handcuffs.
Scheffler is coming off four victories in his last five tournaments, including his second Masters title. He was home in Dallas the last three weeks waiting on the birth of his first child, a son that was born May 8.
Scheffler opened with a 4-under 67 and was five shots out of the lead as he tries to become only the fifth player since 1960 to win the first two majors of the year.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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