Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott: "Oh my gosh, this is terrible"
Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott has revealed how the PGA Tour golfer's arrest played out for him at the PGA Championship.
Scottie Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott has revealed how the PGA Tour golfer's arrest during the PGA Championship played out for him.
Scheffler was handcuffed outside the gates of Valhalla before the second round of the second men's major of the year.
The two-time Masters champion was attempting to drive into the club amid heavy traffic that, very sadly, was caused by a fatal traffic incident.
PGA of America employee John Mills, 69, was struck and killed by a shuttle bus.
Scheffler was whisked away and charged with with second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer.
Charges were ultimately dropped against Scheffler. Jefferson County attorney Mike O'Connell said the golfer's actions 'did not satisfy the elements of a criminal offence'.
For his part, Scheffler held no grudges and clarified that the whole thing was 'a big misunderstanding' in a 'chaotic situation'.
Now Scheffler's caddie has revealed how the whole thing played out for him.
He has also praised Scheffler for not suing the city of Louisville after the 'emotional' situation.
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He told GOLF's Subpar: "When I woke up, probably 30 minutes after he had left, I got a text from one of my friends and said, 'Sorry'".
The looper explained that his pal thought he was sorry that Scott would be unable to caddie during the third round as he headed back home to attend his daughter's graduation.
He continued: "I thought, it's just a graduation. It's no big deal. So I put that on the text and he goes, 'No, Scottie.' And I said, 'Scottie, what?' And he said, 'Scottie got arrested.'
"And I thought, yeah right, you know, like, what are you talking about?"
Scott then revealed it was at this point that he received a text message from the PGA of America that said the second round was going to be delayed after the fatal incident earlier that morning.
Then he gulped.
"And I thought, 'Oh my gosh, Scottie hit and killed somebody, like, in his car,'" Scott said.
"That was my first thought was trying to put those two together. He accidentally hit somebody. Oh my gosh, this is terrible."
Scheffler managed to card a remarkable second round of 66 after he warmed up in his jail cell.
That showed his true character, according to Scott.
"It was really cool to see his character shine above that situation and, the truth got revealed," he said.
"And know that even he even had such a good heart as to not sue the city, you know, for what happened, which is very easy to do in that situation, to be emotional, because he knew it would affect the citizens of Louisville."
Scheffler is back in action this week representing Team USA at the Presidents Cup in Canada.
The red, white and blue are heavy favourites to win the contest.
Scheffler will be making his second appearance.
In his first outing two years ago, the 28-year-old went 0-3-1 as the U.S. beat the International side 17 ½ - 12 ½.
Appearances | 1 |
Overall record | 0-3-1 |
Foursomes record | 0-2-0 |
Fourball record | 0-0-1 |
Singles record | 0-1-0 |
