Charges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Legal expenses in opposition to Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a authorized saga that started with pictures of the world’s high male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville through the PGA Championship.

Jefferson County Lawyer Mike O’Connell, an area prosecutor, requested a decide Wednesday afternoon to drop the 4 expenses in opposition to Scheffle, who was not required to be within the courtroom Wednesday.

O’Connell stated his staff reviewed the case in a “thorough and expeditious method” and located that Scheffler’s account of the incident being an enormous misunderstanding was corroborated by the proof.

Scheffler was charged with a felony for assaulting a police officer along with his automobile, together with three misdemeanors. The arresting officer, Detective Bryan Gillis, was outdoors the gate of Valhalla Golf Course Might 17 directing site visitors after a pedestrian dying when he encountered Scheffler.