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DUBLIN, Ohio -- Masters champion Scottie Scheffler said he knew five days in advance that charges related to his arrest during the PGA Championship were going to be dismissed. In his mind, that wasn't the end of the saga but rather the beginning of trying to put it behind him.
Criminal charges were dismissed on May 29, nearly two weeks after images emerged of the world's No. 1 golfer being arrested and handcuffed outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
Scheffler said his attorney told him on May 24 that dropping the charges had become a formality because "we had a lot of evidence on our side.