PGA star Scottie Scheffler told a police officer "you're right, I should have stopped," while sitting in the back of a patrol car, after being arrested for trying to drive around a fatal traffic accident. The incident occurred a few weeks back on the morning of the second day of the PGA Championship in Louisville.
New video shows Scheffler's conversation.
"In the video, the world's top-ranked golfer expressed fear over his interaction with Det. Bryan Gillis, who tried to stop Scheffler, 27, from advancing through traffic outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., on May 17 before the second round of the PGA Championship," the New York Post reported. "The video, which was posted to Facebook on Thursday, appears to be bodycam footage from a different officer than Gillis, who was given "corrective action" by the Louisville Metro Police Department for not having his bodycam on during the incident."
Scheffler could be heard setting the scene in the video.
"My house is right up that road, so I was planning on getting here at 5:50 this morning to start my warmup for my tee time," Scheffler says in the video. "I had to loop all the way around that way, took me about probably a half hour. So I'm pulling in here, the police officer up there told me to come the opposite way with the traffic and then come in. As I was pulling in, my window was down, and the officer told me to stop and as I was — first of all, I did not know that he was a police officer. I thought he was one of the security guards that was mistaken. And as I was pulling by him he grabbed my arm..."
The officer then cut off Scheffler and asked why it mattered if it was a security guard or police officer.
"You're right. I should have stopped," Scheffler responded. "I did get a little bit impatient because I'm quite late for my tee time. And as he was reaching in the car he grabbed my shoulder and hit me."
A video on Facebook since May 23 captures Scottie Scheffler's conversation in police car after arrest. "You're right, I should have stopped. I did get a little impatient because I'm quite late for my tee time." Cop says he "drug" and "hurt" officer. https://t.co/R4YtBZ2Wg3 pic.twitter.com/IosEtwj2tZ
— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) May 29, 2024
