Charges against Scottie Scheffler dropped after his arrest during the PGA Championship

He was to face charges of “third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, disobeying an officer’s traffic signals, and felony second-degree assault on a police officer.”

However, Jefferson County Prosecutor Mike O’Connell filed a motion on Wednesday to dismiss all charges against the 27-year-old golfer, recent Augusta Masters champion.

Bryan Gillis was the detective who detained Scheffler and handcuffed him in the middle of a traffic operation after an accident in which a bus hit a pedestrian near the headquarters of Valhalla Golf Club, the site of the second Major of the year.

“I observed that a vehicle that was traveling in the opposite lanes was heading towards me. I stopped the driver and warned him that he could not continue because of the bus. He “Demanded that I let him pass and continued ahead against my instructions. The driver dragged me and knocked me down. “I then proceeded to stop the driver,” says the report he filed.

Scheffler always spoke of the incident as “a big misunderstanding,” and the prosecutor confirmed the golfer’s theory: O’Connell said that what he stated was “corroborated by the evidence.”

According to the version published by The New York Post, journalist Terry Meiners, from the WHAS station, stated that there was an agreement to drop the charges. “Both parties agree not to take any legal action related to the ramifications of Scheffler’s arrest,” he assured.

Scheffler finished in eighth place in the PGA Championship, which was won by his compatriot Xander Schauffele. Following that tournament, he finished second in the Charles Schwab Challenge, which was marked by the tragic death of Grayson Murray.

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