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Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Scottie Scheffler appears to make light of shock PGA Championship arrest with bold outfit 12 months on
Scottie Scheffler evoked memories of the iconic image of last year's PGA Championship with his outfit of choice at this year's tournament on Wednesday. Scheffler, looking to win the third major title of his career at Quail Hollow this week, took to the course in North Carolina wearing a bright orange shirt for his final practice round. The daring choice inevitably prompted flashbacks of the 28-year-old's jailhouse mugshot taken 12 months ago when he was arrested outside Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. Scheffler was handcuffed and taken away by cops before his second round and was booked into jail on four criminal charges - including second-degree assault of a police officer. Amid a traffic pileup outside the club - following a fatal accident earlier that morning - the two-time Masters champion was accused of ignoring police orders to pull over his vehicle and instead speeding away, which allegedly dragged Louisville Detective Bryan Gillis to the ground and left him with both minor cuts and torn pants. All charges against Scheffler were eventually dropped, with him even considering taking legal action himself after his claim that the incident was simply one big misunderstanding was said to be 'corroborated by the evidence'. But Scheffler seems to be over the shock incident now and certainly looked like he knew his outfit would cause a stir among the fans who had arrived to watch the world's best golfers fine tune their preparations. Scheffler looked extremely relaxed as he laughed alongside practice partner Sam Burns during their round. Earlier in the day, when cloud covered the course, Scheffler wore a black body warmer over his exuberant shirt. Scheffler comes into the PGA Championship starting to resemble the No. 1 player in the world he has been for the last two years. His season started off slowly after he suffered a freak hand injury while making ravioli at Christmas. However, in his last start he picked up his first win of the year with an emphatic eight-shot victory at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson - the largest margin on the PGA Tour in nearly five years. 'I'm showing up coming off of a tournament that I won, and that's always a good feeling,' Scheffler said on Tuesday. 'You can definitely ride some of that momentum. When I look back at my career, it would be silly to say that I don't ride some of the momentum from those wins.' Scheffler makes up the headline group of the first two days alongside Rory McIlroy and defending champion Xander Schauffele.
New York Times
13-05-2025
- New York Times
A year after Scottie Scheffler's arrest, we had to ask: Where are Detective Gillis' ruined pants?
The most famous pair of pants in the country may no longer pass inspection, but the man who wore them as he arrested the No. 1 golfer in the world cannot bear to throw them out either. The pants are not stored somewhere in a Louisville Police precinct evidence room. They were not dropped off at Goodwill. They are in a box somewhere in Bryan Gillis' Louisville home, although he said he can't remember where. They were his pants, the officer was proud to tell The Athletic, so they remain his pants. He tossed the remnants of that bizarre Friday in May into a box, including the handcuffs that were placed around Scottie Scheffler's wrists, put them away and has tried not to think about them in the year since the strangest day in golf history. Advertisement 'Oh, I still have them,' Gillis said during a phone conversation. 'Nobody took them. They've always been mine, so they're still mine.' One year ago, Gillis attempted to stop Scheffler's car from pulling into Gate 1 of Valhalla Country Club on a rainy morning before the second round of the PGA Championship. Because of a fatal accident earlier in the morning, the entrance was closed. Gillis told Scheffler to stop, but due to what Scheffler characterized as a misunderstanding, he continued driving. Gillis then attached himself to Scheffler's car and — according to police records — was 'dragged' to the ground, suffering 'pain, swelling and abrasions to his left wrist and knee.' But the everlasting line from that police citation, the one that achieved instant virality, came at its conclusion. Detective Gillis' uniform pants, valued at approximately $80, were damaged beyond repair. But how much are those infamously irreparable pants worth now? They might be worth as much as $20,000. Scheffler spent that morning 'shaking with fear' in a cop car and stretching in a jail cell before being released and rushing to the course ahead of his tee time. In true Scheffler fashion, he shot a second-round 66 to rise up the leaderboard. Aside from the traumatic nature of the experience (and the tragedy of the life lost hours before), it amplified Scheffler's celebrity and added to his legend. It became an international news story, the rare moment when golf found itself on CNN. Gillis, meanwhile, became golf's newest ancillary character. The butt of all jokes. The man with the $80 pants who soon received 'corrective action' from the Louisville Metro Police Department for not turning on his body cam. The Athletic reached out to Officer Gillis this month to ask one simple question. The pants: Where are they now? Advertisement In a notably concise interview with brief answers, Gillis said he still hasn't decided what to do with the fame and attention. He did not want to speak about the incident itself or his personal life, and said he received 'harassing phone calls' for months. Gillis has thought about it, but no, the pants are not for sale. 'There's been a million different thoughts about that,' he said, 'and everybody has a different opinion on how to market it, but I chose not to.' Friends in the police force often ask Gillis to sign hats or other memorabilia and some get a kick out of playing golf in a hat signed by the man who arrested the best golfer in the world. Sometimes he'll be in a store and get stopped by someone who then says: 'You're the officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler!' After the charges were dropped, Gillis released a statement on the incident, playfully ending with: 'Yes, the department has us buying freaking $80 pants. To those concerned, they were indeed ruined. But Scottie, it's all good. I never would've guessed I'd have the most famous pair of pants in the country for a few weeks because of this. Take care and be safe.' Gillis is not inherently opposed to selling the pants. Ryan Carey, founder and president of Golden Age Auctions, said there is absolutely value if Gillis were to auction them, but the longer removed from the day of the incident, the less valuable they become. 'On the spot that day, that week, they were $20,000 pants, I'd say,' Carey said. 'Right now, I think they're still worth at least $5,000.' It's complicated, though. If Gillis went out on his own to make a profit from the incident and wasn't strategic about where he auctioned them, Carey said they might only sell for a few thousand dollars. If Scheffler and Gillis joined forces and added a charity component — perhaps with a video of Scheffler joking about the incident or talking with Gillis — the pants might fetch closer to $20,000. Advertisement Carey's motto is often that the item itself doesn't change. It's the story around the item that adds value. For example, if you found an old golf club at a flea market with Arnold Palmer's name on it and you could claim he used the club, it might be worth $1,000. But if you also find a clip of Palmer holding that club and saying it's his favorite club and the reason he won the Masters? Suddenly it's worth a million. The club didn't change. The story did. One similar example could be the red sequinned costume figure skater Tonya Harding wore the day after rival Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at the 1994 Olympic Trials. It sold for $17,485 in 2024. 'That is a moment in history,' Carey said. 'So while on one hand it seems silly that a pair of torn police officer pants can sell for upwards of $10,000 or $20,000, the fact of the matter is it's a piece of golf history.' This kind of value has been brought to Gillis' attention. He's not ruling it out. At first, he just wanted things to slow down. The random phone calls finally settled down after about a month. A year later, he doesn't even remember where the box with the pants and handcuffs are. 'For right now, nothing,' Gillis said. 'I could in the future. If somebody wanted them and offered me something, maybe yes. I haven't really put much thought into that.' (Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic; Photo of Scottie Scheffler: Ben Jared / PGA Tour via Getty Images)
The Independent
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
The ‘big misunderstanding' that saw Scottie Scheffler locked up hours before tee time
It was just as well that a television reporter happened to be there, otherwise it would have been almost impossible to believe. The world's number one player arrested, driven off to jail in handcuffs and charged with four offences, including second-degree assault of a police officer, just hours before he was due to tee off in the second round of a major championship? It sounds fanciful but that was precisely what happened to Scottie Scheffler on a dark, wet morning on day two of the 2024 US PGA Championship, a day which began in tragic circumstances which should not be forgotten. The start of play had been delayed following a fatal accident near the entrance to Valhalla, with tournament officials expression their 'devastation' at the death of local man John Mills, who was working for an on-site vendor at Valhalla. Mr Mills died after being struck by a shuttle bus around 5am as he attempted to cross Shelbyville Road and it was the traffic jam caused by the accident which Scheffler was attempting to get around when the incident which shocked the sporting world took place. ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington was among those stuck in the traffic and described on air how Scheffler had been instructed to stop his car by a police officer, but had continued with the officer 'attached' to the vehicle. Scheffler stopped the car at the club's entrance, at which point officer Bryan Gillis 'opened the car door, pulled Scheffler out, pushed him up against the car [and] immediately placed him in handcuffs,' according to Darlington. Darlington also posted footage on his account on X, formerly Twitter, in which Scheffler appeared to turn to the reporter and say: 'Can you please help me?' A police officer then tells Darlington: 'Right now he's going to jail and it ain't nothing you can do about.' A mugshot of Scheffler was later released by the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections, which showed he had been released after an hour and 12 minutes, allowing him to make his delayed tee time. Remarkably, Scheffler added a 66 to his opening 67, after which he expressed his sympathies to the family of Mr Mills before detailing how he had been 'shaking for an hour in shock and fear' and, with no access to his phone, only thought about his tee time when he saw himself on television from his cell. According to the police report, Detective Gillis had been dragged to the ground by Scheffler's car, suffering 'pain, swelling and abrasions to his left wrist and knees'. Somewhat comically, the report also stated that the uniform trousers worn by Gillis, 'valued at approximately 80 dollars, were damaged beyond repair.' Scheffler's lawyer certainly did not see the funny side and insisted his client was prepared to go to trial if the charges against him were not dropped, which they were on May 29, 12 days after the incident. With Detective Gillis having failed to activate his bodycam, Jefferson county attorney Mike O'Connell accepted that Scheffler's characterisation of the incident as a 'big misunderstanding is corroborated by the evidence'. Whether that misunderstanding played a part in Scheffler's chances of victory at Valhalla disappearing with a third round of 73 will never be known, but it will certainly go down as one of the strangest days in major championship history.
The Independent
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
The ‘big misunderstanding' which saw Scottie Scheffler arrested and locked up
It was just as well that a television reporter happened to be there, otherwise it would have been almost impossible to believe. The world's number one player arrested, driven off to jail in handcuffs and charged with four offences, including second-degree assault of a police officer, just hours before he was due to tee off in the second round of a major championship? It sounds fanciful but that was precisely what happened to Scottie Scheffler on a dark, wet morning on day two of the 2024 US PGA Championship, a day which began in tragic circumstances which should not be forgotten. The start of play had been delayed following a fatal accident near the entrance to Valhalla, with tournament officials expression their 'devastation' at the death of local man John Mills, who was working for an on-site vendor at Valhalla. Mr Mills died after being struck by a shuttle bus around 5am as he attempted to cross Shelbyville Road and it was the traffic jam caused by the accident which Scheffler was attempting to get around when the incident which shocked the sporting world took place. ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington was among those stuck in the traffic and described on air how Scheffler had been instructed to stop his car by a police officer, but had continued with the officer 'attached' to the vehicle. Scheffler stopped the car at the club's entrance, at which point officer Bryan Gillis 'opened the car door, pulled Scheffler out, pushed him up against the car [and] immediately placed him in handcuffs,' according to Darlington. Darlington also posted footage on his account on X, formerly Twitter, in which Scheffler appeared to turn to the reporter and say: 'Can you please help me?' A police officer then tells Darlington: 'Right now he's going to jail and it ain't nothing you can do about.' A mugshot of Scheffler was later released by the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections, which showed he had been released after an hour and 12 minutes, allowing him to make his delayed tee time. Remarkably, Scheffler added a 66 to his opening 67, after which he expressed his sympathies to the family of Mr Mills before detailing how he had been 'shaking for an hour in shock and fear' and, with no access to his phone, only thought about his tee time when he saw himself on television from his cell. According to the police report, Detective Gillis had been dragged to the ground by Scheffler's car, suffering 'pain, swelling and abrasions to his left wrist and knees'. Somewhat comically, the report also stated that the uniform trousers worn by Gillis, 'valued at approximately 80 dollars, were damaged beyond repair.' Scheffler's lawyer certainly did not see the funny side and insisted his client was prepared to go to trial if the charges against him were not dropped, which they were on May 29, 12 days after the incident. With Detective Gillis having failed to activate his bodycam, Jefferson county attorney Mike O'Connell accepted that Scheffler's characterisation of the incident as a 'big misunderstanding is corroborated by the evidence'. Whether that misunderstanding played a part in Scheffler's chances of victory at Valhalla disappearing with a third round of 73 will never be known, but it will certainly go down as one of the strangest days in major championship history.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Deer Lake Red Wings win Herder Memorial Trophy for first time in 20 years
The Deer Lake Red Wings won the Herder Memorial Trophy on Saturday night. The Red Wings defeated the Clarenville Caribous 4-1 in Clarenville to win Game 4 and sweep the best-of-seven series for the top prize in Newfoundland and Labrador senior hockey. Deer Lake's championship included a triple-overtime win in Game 1 win. It was the third straight year that Deer Lake had made it to the final, but the team's first championship since 2005. Red Wings goalie Bryan Gillis was named series MVP after allowing just four goals in four games. Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to visit our landing page.
