Nike Reminds Everyone About Scottie Scheffler's 2024 Arrest as He Celebrates Winning PGA Championship
Nike poked fun at Scottie Scheffler's 2024 arrest after he won the 2025 PGA Championship on May 18
The brand joked that Scheffler is "guilty" of being the "best player in the world"
Charges against Scheffler were ultimately dropped after he was arrested before competing in the 2024 PGA Championship
Nike and Scottie Scheffler are laughing about his 2024 arrest, one year and one massive trophy later.
After Scheffler, 28, won the 2025 PGA Championship on Sunday, May 18, Nike's official social media accounts celebrated his victory by reminding fans about the golfer's unexpected arrest at the tournament just one year before.
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Over a photo of Scheffler taking a swing at the Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina, Nike wrote, "Best player in the world? Guilty."
"The verdict is in," the brand wrote in the caption, poking fun at his arrest at the 2024 PGA Championship. The caption of the post, also shared on Scheffler's account, concluded, "World No. 1 @scottie.scheffler is the PGA Champion."
Fans loved the reference and quickly took the comment section to applaud the creative choice. "Whoever thought of this needs a raise," one comment with 208 likes said. Another said, "Had this waiting in the vault for a whole year! Perfection @nike."
On Monday, May 19, Scheffler shared photos from his victory at the PGA Championship, writing, "This week was unforgettable! All glory to God. #pgachampionship."
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Scheffler was arrested on the morning of May 17, 2024 as he was arriving at the course's entrance, which had been taken over by a police scene after a man was tragically struck and killed by a shuttle bus as he attempted to cross the street about an hour earlier. Scheffler reportedly tried to drive around the the crash by way of the median, and continued to drive despite a police officer instructing him to stop. When he finally did stop the car, he was pulled out of the vehicle and placed in handcuffs.
Soon after the tournament ended, in which Scheffler finished tied for 8th place, the city announced that there were errors in the police department's handling of the case, and charges were ultimately dropped. "Based on the totality of evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler," Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell said on May 29, 2024.
Scheffler, who had welcomed son Bennett with his wife Meredith just days earlier on May 8, had been facing a felony charge of second-degree assault of a police officer, as well as multiple misdemeanor charges including third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
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Jared C. Tilton/Getty Scottie Scheffler on April 20, 2024 in South Carolina
Scottie Scheffler on April 20, 2024 in South Carolina
On May 23, Mayor Craig Greenberg and Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said that Detective Bryan Gillis had faced penalization after the LMPD found that he failed to activate his body-worn camera during Scheffler's arrest, which violates the department's standard operating procedures.
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