Scottie Scheffler’s Louisville court date postponed after arrest during PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court docket has postponed professional golfer Scottie Scheffler’s look on costs he injured a police officer and disobeyed instructions outdoors the gates of Valhalla Golf Membership because the venue hosted this 12 months’s PGA Championship.

Scheffler, who was handcuffed and briefly jailed on Friday, had been due in court docket Tuesday, two days after ending within the prime ten on the PGA. However a decide postponed the court docket date till June 3, in line with a press release Monday from Jefferson County Lawyer Mike O’Connell.

“Right this moment, over the objection of Jefferson County Lawyer Mike O’Connell, the District Choose presiding within the case of Mr. Scheffler granted the defendant’s lawyer’s movement to proceed Mr. Scheffler’s arraignment from Might 21 to June 3 at 9 a.m.,” the assertion stated. “Our workplace continues to collect data within the case.”

Scheffler faces 4 costs, together with felony assault over accidents a Louisville police officer suffered through the encounter.

Officers on the scene had been investigating a event volunteer’s demise after he was hit by a bus outdoors the golf course when Scheffler arrived.

He was driving a credentialed PGA courtesy automobile when an officer stated he “refused to conform and accelerated ahead, dragging” the officer to the bottom, in line with an arrest report. Video on the scene confirmed Scheffler in handcuffs, a surreal picture for the perfect male golfer on the planet and the winner of final month’s Grasp’s event.

Scheffler’s lawyer, Steve Romines, has stated the case is a misunderstanding and the golfer by no means disobeyed any officer’s orders. A phone message in search of remark was left for Romines on Monday.

Scheffler received out of jail and to the course in time to play the second spherical and shot a 66. He fell out of rivalry for the event with a 73 on Saturday — his first spherical over par since final August. He closed with a 65, tying for eighth place.