Major update in Scottie Scheffler case as prosecutors drop charges after dramatic arrest at PGA Championship
THE criminal charges against golf star Scottie Scheffler have been dropped after his dramatic arrest at the US PGA Championship.
The world number one golfer, 27, had been accused of assaulting a police officer - allegations he called a "big misunderstanding".
Prosecutor Mike O'Connell asked a judge this afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffler.
O'Connell said his team reviewed the case in a thorough and expeditious manner and found that Scheffler's account of the incident was corroborated by the evidence.
Police had charged him with a felony offence of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer.
All the charges against him are set to be dropped.
The reigning Masters champ was detained on May 27 after allegedly driving into a cop and dragging him to the floor.
In a span of three hours, Scheffler was arrested, dressed in an orange shirt for a mugshot, and returned to the golf course just 56 minutes before he teed off in the second round.
Traffic had been backed up for about a mile in both directions on the road to Valhalla Golf Club after an earlier fatal accident - with police directing vehicles in the dark.
Witnesses said Sheffler, who has a net worth of roughly £14million, tried to drive around what he believed to be security staff.
Scheffler reportedly stepped out of his car after a cop threw himself onto his vehicle and screamed at him to stop driving.
Wearing shorts and a t-shirt, video showed the golf star being cuffed and bundled into a police car.