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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Scottie Scheffler high-fiving 2 male fans wearing t-shirts with his mugshot after shooting a 66 during the second round of the PGA Championship.
Everyone take a minute and catch their breath. It’s been an unprecedented Friday morning at Valhalla Golf Club, where an employee for a PGA Championship vendor was tragically struck and killed by a shuttle bus and the top-ranked golfer in the world, Scottie Scheffler, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault of a police officer when he failed to respond to instructions to stop while entering the course, reportedly dragging a police officer for 10 yards with his courtesy car.
1 chipped back on to the fairway, flipped a 92-yard wedge shot to within tap-in range and walked off the 10th green with a birdie four. Cue more bedlam.
The swell of support for Scheffler had been apparent as he took to the practice range. “Bankrupt the city!” yelled one fan. “Make the city pay!” ordered another. Louisville wrong, Scheffler right. Golf fans are firmly on the side of the golfer in this clash with the authorities. They chanted Scheffler’s name, they willed him towards victory. There were even punters wearing T-shirts bearing Scheffler’s mugshot as he strode towards the scoring hut. At that point, he was only two from the lead.
Had Scheffler not been a guest of the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections, this would be nothing other than a miserable major day in Kentucky. The crowds had been electrified by Scheffler the renegade. It also felt as if the public had been waiting for a reason to root for this individual. Whether that says more about those spectators or Scheffler is another matter.
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