2024 PGA Championship

[Show-Me Hog]

Traffic outside the golf course had been stopped after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. ET. According to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident, Scheffler was trying to drive around the crash scene on a median. A police officer instructed Scheffler to stop, but Scheffler continued to drive about 10 to 20 yards toward the entrance.

At one point, an officer attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car. Scheffler stopped his car as he turned into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club.

After about 20 to 30 seconds, Scheffler rolled down his window to talk to the officer. The officer grabbed Scheffler's arm to pull him out of the vehicle, according to Darlington. The officer reached inside the vehicle to open the door, and once Scheffler was pulled out, he was pushed against the car and placed in handcuffs.

Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.

[DirkPiggler]

This just seems like a celebrity was using his privilege and I guess the police didn't like it. 
Now he can pretend to have a story to buff his street cred. 

In this case the privilege was justified. 

Sort of like if Johnson PD tried to pull over the Hogs' team bus for an illegal lane change coming down I-49 to a game. 

[Pigproquo]

[Ray Zorback]

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[Cerdo]

In this case the privilege was justified. 

Sort of like if Johnson PD tried to pull over the Hogs' team bus for an illegal lane change coming down I-49 to a game. 

Well, they were working a fatality..... so I'm guessing no one gave a fuck about the golfer guy thinking he should be able to drive around the work site if the rest of traffic was being directed a certain way. 

[DirkPiggler]

Well, they were working a fatality..... so I'm guessing no one gave a fuck about the golfer guy thinking he should be able to drive around the work site if the rest of traffic was being directed a certain way. 

That was part of their job.  Another was traffic control for the golf tournament...one in which the guy they arrested was a major participant.  A guy who had no way of knowing they were working a fatality accident, yet the cop had every reason to know that the guy he was hassling was part of the tourney (they have special plates on the courtesy cars the players drive that allows them full access...a cop in the area should have known this).

A little pause and judgment by the cop could have avoided the whole situation instead of immediately rushing to be Billy Badass with a badge.   I guess that's too much to ask of a department that's already murdered one innocent woman while serving a no-knock warrant at the wrong location.

[Show-Me Hog]

That was part of their job.  Another was traffic control for the golf tournament...one in which the guy they arrested was a major participant.  A guy who had no way of knowing they were working a fatality accident, yet the cop had every reason to know that the guy he was hassling was part of the tourney (they have special plates on the courtesy cars the players drive that allows them full access...a cop in the area should have known this).

A little pause and judgment by the cop could have avoided the whole situation instead of immediately rushing to be Billy Badass with a badge.   I guess that's too much to ask of a department that's already murdered one innocent woman while serving a no-knock warrant at the wrong location.

Man if only Scheffler was black we could immediately revisit all the cop issues of the last 10 years.

He's not black is he?

[BleedinRed]

Traffic outside the golf course had been stopped after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. ET. According to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the incident, Scheffler was trying to drive around the crash scene on a median. A police officer instructed Scheffler to stop, but Scheffler continued to drive about 10 to 20 yards toward the entrance.

At one point, an officer attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car. Scheffler stopped his car as he turned into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club.

After about 20 to 30 seconds, Scheffler rolled down his window to talk to the officer. The officer grabbed Scheffler's arm to pull him out of the vehicle, according to Darlington. The officer reached inside the vehicle to open the door, and once Scheffler was pulled out, he was pushed against the car and placed in handcuffs.

Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.

Well, they were working a fatality..... so I'm guessing no one gave a fuck about the golfer guy thinking he should be able to drive around the work site if the rest of traffic was being directed a certain way. 

for the rest of the story...

He wasn't the only one doing that.

[Usafhawg]

Man if only Scheffler was black we could immediately revisit all the cop issues of the last 10 years.

He's not black is he?

If this was Tiger, the board would be agreeing with you.

[hit_that_line]

This is white people's I can't breathe moment. Take to the streets!

[Pig Benis]

https://x.com/bykevinclark/status/1791476873995677712

[The Whyte Boar]

This just seems like a celebrity was using his privilege and I guess the police didn't like it. 
Now he can pretend to have a story to buff his street cred. 

It would appear that cop is not the only dumbshit.

My guess is that one cop, not being an idiot, saw Scheffler was in a curtesy car waived him around other traffic, whereupon he came to Rambo dipshit who then went all Eric Cartman on his ass without realizing he had been waived around.  Then  all the idiots went into "Back the Blue" mode and nobody recalled waiving him around.

If you want to know how bad the cops fucked up, consider that ESPN is reporting that the owner of  Valhala club picked him up from jail personally.

[BASS]

If I were the pga I'd get on the phone with the mayor and tell them Louisville will never host another event if all charges are not dropped immediately.

[Hogfan58]

Eldrick with a 7 on #2. That's going to put a dent on his comeback.

[egregious]

If this was Tiger, the board would be agreeing with you.

and his Asian half would be ignored again, even though that is probably the half with the driving (car, not golf ball) issues

[Cerdo]

All of you "bros" are getting emotional again. 

Fact. People often fuck up traffic flow and don't follow directions. It's a problem and anyone who has ever worked a bad pileup can relate. You guys go ahead and take up for your guy though with minimal information.

[BASS]

All of you "bros" are getting emotional again. 

Fact. People often fuck up traffic flow and don't follow directions. It's a problem and anyone who has ever worked a bad pileup can relate. You guys go ahead and take up for your guy though with minimal information.

From what I've gathered Scottie was doing exactly what one cop told him to do, then another ran up started banging on his window, yelling, and grabbed onto vehicle.

Being dark and raining with police lights going off all over the place, I can see his confusion. Was he even aware the dude banging on his window was a cop? He won't say, he gave very little info about the incident.

The police fucked up here. Two guys giving exact opposite instructions seconds apart is not supposed to happen.

[The Whyte Boar]

All of you "bros" are getting emotional again. 

Fact. People often fuck up traffic flow and don't follow directions. It's a problem and anyone who has ever worked a bad pileup can relate. You guys go ahead and take up for your guy though with minimal information.

Yeah, cops are idiots.  It's a fact.

[Thin Red Swine]

All of you "bros" are getting emotional again. 

Fact. People often fuck up traffic flow and don't follow directions. It's a problem and anyone who has ever worked a bad pileup can relate. You guys go ahead and take up for your guy though with minimal information.

You want facts?

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40162983/scottie-scheffler-detained-police-prior-start-pga-championship

Scheffler's attorney, Steven Romines, told ESPN that the golfer attempted to enter Valhalla Golf Club as he had been instructed to earlier, unaware there had been a fatal wreck just up the road.

"He was going into Valhalla to work out," Romines said. "He was getting ready for his tee time. They were directing traffic. He held his credential out and was going in like they'd been instructed to. Apparently, there had been a traffic accident, maybe even a fatality, down the road, and that had changed the traffic patterns, and he was unaware of that."

Romines, speaking outside the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, said the officer who attempted to stop Scheffler wasn't part of the regular event-traffic detail at Valhalla Golf Club, "so that's where the miscommunication arose."

"They are allowed to go through, that's why they have the credential and the wave-through," Romines said. "[Scheffler] was unaware there had been a wreck, and he proceeded like they'd been instructed to. He did exactly as he was instructed to enter the premises."

[Show-Me Hog]

You want facts?

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40162983/scottie-scheffler-detained-police-prior-start-pga-championship

Scheffler's attorney, Steven Romines, told ESPN that the golfer attempted to enter Valhalla Golf Club as he had been instructed to earlier, unaware there had been a fatal wreck just up the road.

"He was going into Valhalla to work out," Romines said. "He was getting ready for his tee time. They were directing traffic. He held his credential out and was going in like they'd been instructed to. Apparently, there had been a traffic accident, maybe even a fatality, down the road, and that had changed the traffic patterns, and he was unaware of that."

Romines, speaking outside the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, said the officer who attempted to stop Scheffler wasn't part of the regular event-traffic detail at Valhalla Golf Club, "so that's where the miscommunication arose."

"They are allowed to go through, that's why they have the credential and the wave-through," Romines said. "[Scheffler] was unaware there had been a wreck, and he proceeded like they'd been instructed to. He did exactly as he was instructed to enter the premises."

Being fluent in lawyer speak, his lawyer is putting the best face on it, but it's apparent he's talking about pre-tournament instructions, not instructions on the scene from an officer. It doesn't sound like he got contradictory instructions actually on the scene. Regardless of what you were told in pre-tournament briefings, you need to follow the directions of an officer working an accident.