An attorney for professional golfer Scottie Scheffler said on Friday that the case against his client will either be dropped or they will take it to trial to fight it because his client “didn’t do anything wrong.”
The world’s No. 1 ranked golfer was booked into jail on multiple charges — including a felony — on Friday morning while trying to get into Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the second round of the PGA Championship after there was an alleged misunderstanding with a police officer.
He was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic, according to a court document. The second-degree assault charge is a felony while the others are misdemeanors.
“Scottie was advised to go around and turn left into the facility to come and do his…
