LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Of all the people who have done time in jail cells all throughout human history, Scottie Scheffler is almost certainly the first to spend lonely, nervous minutes stretching in one to prepare for his tee time in one of golf’s most prestigious tournaments.
A few miles away, at Valhalla Golf Club, his fellow players were getting loose, taking their first swings on the practice range, preparing for the second round of the PGA Championship. Fans were filing into Valhalla and beginning to line its fairways. Rain was soaking the grounds. And here was Scheffler, in a Louisville jail cell, beginning to go through his routine and wondering how in heaven he’d ended up behind bars so quickly.