Twenty-seven-year old, Scott Alexander Scheffler, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, American professional golfer, currently ranked World number one.

Scheffler was facing four charges including assaulting a police office with his vehicle, after an incident that took place just hours before he teed off on the second day at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connel today asked a judge to drop all charges after his team reviewed the case in a “through and expeditious manner. Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr Scheffleer. Mr Scheffler’s characterisation that this was a big misunderstanding is corroborated by the evidence”. His arrest took place after an encounter with Detective Bryan Gillis who was redirecting traffic following a pedestrian death near the Valhalla Golf club on 17 May. Gillis claimed Scheffler who was driving a PGA courtesy vehicle had refused to comply with a request to stop and accelerated forward dragging him to the ground. A surveillance video released by Louisville police last week revealed the officer pursuing Scheffler’s vehicle on foot. He then stopped him from entering the golf course, pulled him out of the car and handcuffed him. The detective has been disciplined not activating his body-worn camera during the arrest.