Scottie Scheffler has admitted he couldn’t help but laugh at the video of an amateur golfer re-enacting his dramatic arrest during last month’s PGA Championship.
The world number 1 was taken to prison on four charges – including a misdemeanor – after attempting to enter Valhalla.
He was accused of dragging a police officer to the ground as he entered the course.
The charges have since been dropped, but earlier this week a video surfaced of a fan entering the parking lot of a golf course in Louisville – near where Scheffler was arrested.
There was a mannequin dressed as a police officer sitting on the side of the car.
A golfer in Louisville hilariously pranked Scottie Scheffler by arriving at a tournament with a fake police officer on the side of his vehicle
Scheffler was arrested last month as he entered Valhalla for the PGA Championship
“It’s kind of hard not to laugh at the guy who did that,” Scheffler said Tuesday ahead of this week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
“Xander (Schauffele) told me about it yesterday. He got a pretty good kick out of it.”
Schauffele revealed after winning the PGA Championship that he was part of a group chat with Scheffler and that the world No. 1 had been roasted by his colleagues after his arrest.
‘I think that’s part of having good friends. If they just made fun of me, things would be different. It wouldn’t be as much fun,” Scheffler said.
“But they’re great guys and good friends. So you have to be able to look in the mirror and laugh at yourself.
‘I don’t like reliving it, but sometimes being able to laugh about it is a good skill. When they make jokes it’s definitely hard not to laugh, especially with some of my good friends, they’re pretty funny with it.”
“Xander (Schauffele) told me about it yesterday. He got a pretty good kick out of it,” he said
Scheffler poses with wife Meredith and son Bennett after winning the Memorial Tournament
Scheffler has already won five times this season – despite his arrest and the recent birth of his first son. The world number 1 admitted that balancing life as a golfer and as a father has become more difficult amid all the turbulence of his business.
“The conditions that occurred outside the golf courses made it a little more challenging,” he said.
“But overall, I feel like when I’m home and I have Bennett around, it’s almost easier to not be on my phone and not watch TV. I just want to hang out with him and hang out with (wife) Mere, and rocking him to sleep helps me fall asleep.
‘Being home is nice. I haven’t been bored at home for a while, that’s for sure.