On the morning of Could 17, Ted Scott discovered in regards to the greatest golf information of 2024 just about the identical method as the remainder of us.
Somebody texted him to let him know his boss, World No. 1 Scottie Scottie Scheffler, had been arrested exterior of Valhalla Golf Membership whereas on his technique to his second-round tee time on the PGA Championship.
Scott recounted his perspective of the occasions on this week’s episode of GOLF Subpar with co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz.
He and Scheffler had been truly staying collectively only a mile away from the PGA Championship venue. Scheffler left earlier than his caddie and simply as Scott was on the brink of depart, he obtained an odd textual content from a buddy.
“After I awakened, most likely half-hour after he had left, I obtained a textual content from considered one of my pals and mentioned, ‘Sorry,’” Scott mentioned. His first thought was that his buddy was sorry Scott could be unable to caddie through the third spherical as he headed again house to attend his daughter’s highschool commencement.
“I believed, it’s only a commencement. It’s no large deal. So I put that on the textual content and he goes, ‘No, Scottie.’ And I mentioned, ‘Scottie, what?’ And he mentioned, ‘Scottie obtained arrested.’
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“And I believed, yeah proper, , like, what are you speaking about?
That’s when Scott mentioned he noticed the textual content from the PGA alerting him to the accident that occurred exterior the golf course that ultimately led to the dispute that landed Scheffler in jail.
“And I believed, ‘Oh my gosh, Scottie hit and killed anyone, like, in his automotive,’” Scott recalled. “That was my first thought was attempting to place these two collectively. He by accident hit anyone. Oh my gosh, that is horrible.”
Fortunately, Scott shortly realized Scheffler was not concerned within the accident that resulted in a vendor being killed whereas strolling to Valhalla that morning. However he mentioned it was nonetheless irritating making calls to Scheffler’s household and pals attempting to determine what he might do to assist.
The thought went via Scott’s thoughts that they wouldn’t find yourself making Scheffler’s delayed 10:08 a.m. tee time.
However fortunately, Scheffler was launched simply earlier than 9 a.m. by the Lousiville Metro P.D. and made it to Valhalla in time to play his second spherical, the place he shot a outstanding 66 and even mentioned afterward that he stretched in a jail cell.
Scheffler backed up throughout spherical 3 and completed T8. His prices, which included three misdemeanors and a felony for allegedly assaulting a police officer, had been dropped 12 days later.
The entire ordeal was simply one other instance to Scott of how sturdy Scheffler’s character is.
“It was actually cool to see his character shine above that state of affairs and, the reality obtained revealed,” he mentioned. “And know that even he even had such a very good coronary heart as to not sue town, , for what occurred, which could be very simple to do in that state of affairs, to be emotional, as a result of he knew it might have an effect on the residents of Louisville.”
For extra from Scott, together with why he bets with Scheffler on the course, watch the complete episode of Subpar beneath.
