The American’s second round at the PGA Championship in Valhalla was thrown into chaos when he was detained by police hours before he was due to tee off.

Detective Bryan Gillis accused Scheffler of refusing to follow orders and accelerating past him, 

causing injuries that required hospital treatment and ‘irreparable damage’ to his $80 trousers.

The world no.1 was charged with second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding an officer’s signals.

Scheffler and multiple eyewitnesses said the incident was one big misunderstanding and the charges have since been dismissed.

Police bodycam footage has now been published by Bryan Armen Graham 

– a Guardian journalist from Philadelphia – which shows some of Scheffler’s interactions with the Louisville police.

In one video, Scheffler was asked if he had been drinking, to which he said that he had only consumed mouth wash and was happy to oblige with a breathalyser test.

He then said: “I try not to drink too much when I’m playing golf at 8am.”

Detective Gillis did not have his bodycam switched on during the initial incident but footage from the aftermath shows him complaining to Scheffler about injuries to his wrist and ankle.

An apologetic Scheffler is initially shaken by his arrest before seemingly regaining composure on his way to the police station, as new videos show him calmly talking to police officers about golf.

One officer, who was clearly not a golf fan, could be heard asking: “I assume you’re pretty good if you’re playing in the PGA. Is Tiger as good as they say he is?”

Scheffler confirmed that he was, before then addressing the officer holding his phone and saying: “Can you open that one please, it’s my manager. ‘Round two delayed’.”

In a second video, Scheffler is being driven to the police station and asked the same officer: “So how likely is it that I’m going to play golf today, about 1 per cent?”

Scheffler was then told to speak to his lawyer, before the friendly officer predicted that he wouldn’t be playing golf that day.

He then explained: “So the PGA run something called the Ryder Cup, have you heard of that?

“It’s a team competition for golf – it’s like the biggest competition in the world besides The Masters and in 2012 it was in Chicago and Rory (McIlroy) who was the best player in the world at the time slept through his alarms and was going to miss his tee time.

“They gave him like a six-car police escort and it was kind of like this where it was impossible to get in and out of there.

“They gave him a police escort to get there for his tee time then he walked right out onto the range and started playing – no warm up or nothing, he just walked out there and started hitting balls. He won his match too!”

The officer then explained that police escorts are often used for Governors and celebrities, with Donald Trump name-dropped.

Scheffler then replied: “I played with Trump one time two years ago and the golf course we normally play – the amount of police officers who were on the highway and the side streets was insane. This was after he was president too.”

After being taken to a local station and booked, Scheffler returned to Valhalla Golf Club to shoot an incredible five-under-par 66.

Another video shows the moment police officers realise they are dealing with the No.1 player in the world.

“I didn’t know you were No.1 in the world right now,” one officer tells Scheffler at the police station.

“That’s why all the news was there. It’s the No.1 player in the world.

“You’re too casual to be the No.1 player in the world. You should’ve had a driver! You should’ve been the one with the police escort that we were talking about.”

Another officer asks Scheffler for his name and says: “Oh yeah. I saw you on the news this morning.”

Scheffler can be heard saying: “That’s why they’re so surprised that I’m sitting here in a jail cell.

“I appreciate you guys chatting with me. I could not stop shaking.”

And the police officer reassures him: “You’ll be alright. I’m sure you’ll be alright.”

Scheffler went on to finish the PGA Championship in a tie for eighth.

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Source: Tampa Bay Times