Scottie Scheffler won 66 in the PGA championship after the tragic and mixed reactions from. See more

Scottie Scheffler won 66 in the PGA championship after the tragic and mixed reactions from. See more

Kentucky Louisville -After the early morning scene, Skotti Cheffler worked and worked after becoming surreal and terrifying and tragic. He played golf. The numbers, with their associated circles and squares, added up to a second-round 66, leaving him in contention for the PGA Championship at rain-soaked Valhalla Golf Club.

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But in the middle of the day, Scheffler was among the first to preach perspective. “First of all, I think about Mr. Mills’ family,” said Scheffler, who shot 9 under par, two spots behind Collin Morikawa (65). “I can’t imagine what they’re going through this morning. My situation will be resolved. It was a chaotic situation and a big misunderstanding. “I still feel like my head is spinning,” he continued. “I can’t really explain what happened this morning. I spent time lying in a prison cell. It was a first for me. ”

The story about Scheffler this week was that he had won four of the last five tournaments and built a big lead in the Official World Golf Ranking and FedEx Cup. He’s a new father and welcomed a son into the world with his wife Meredith last week. He is attempting to win his second consecutive major tournament, becoming the first player to reach halfway through a Grand Slam in a calendar year since Jordan Spieth in 2015.

And yet all of that became secondary as events unfolded early Friday.

At 5 a.m. local time, a man whom the PGA of America said was “a worker with one of our vendors,” and who was later identified as John Mills, was fatally struck by a shuttle bus outside the club entrance. Around 6 a.m., with traffic stopped, Scheffler, while attempting to make his first stop, was arrested for reckless driving and ignoring signals from a police officer, who was tied to the driver’s car. Scheffler and was dragged, suffering injuries, according to the police report.

Scheffler was taken to jail in handcuffs and placed in a holding cell. He was given an orange jumpsuit and watched his saga on a television tuned to ESPN. He was released on his own recognizance and served his first sentence, which was pushed back 80 minutes due to a fatal accident and traffic jams on Shelbyville Road.