Louisville police Det. Bryan Gillis suffered scrapes to his wrist and knee during the Scottie Scheffler arrest at the PGA Championship last month, newly released photos show.
According to the Louisville Metro Police Department report, made available publicly on Friday, Gillis, in attempting to direct Scheffler during a May 17 traffic incident near Valhalla Golf Course, became “pinned” to the car and ended up being dragged to the ground as the golfer accelerated.
Scheffler, ahead of Day 2 of the tournament, was jailed and released in time to play his round — shooting a 5-under 66 on the day.
Neither Gillis nor his fellow LMPD officers turned on their body cameras until after the incident with Scheffler had played out.
The potential charges against the 27-year-old — including felony second-degree assault of a police officer — were dropped on May 29.
Both sides declined legal action.
This week, speaking for the first time since the charges were dropped, Scheffler called the incident “traumatic.”
“I definitely hadn’t moved past it,” Scheffler said Tuesday. “I would say that I still, you know, wouldn’t have a hundred percent moved past it because, yeah, the charges are dropped, but I still — now it’s almost more appropriate for people to ask me about it and ask me about the situation and, to be honest with you, it’s not something that I love reliving, just because it was fairly traumatic for me being arrested going into the golf course.
“It’s not something that I love talking about and it’s something that I’m hoping to move past, but when the charges are dropped, that’s kind of only the beginning of kind of getting past it, if that makes sense. So kind of operating through that now. It was definitely a bit of a relief, but not total relief because that’s something that will always, I think, kind of stick with me.”
In a statement of his own on May 30, Gillis wished Scheffler well, but rued the ruination of his “freaking $80 pants.”
“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.”
While both sides have agreed to move on legally and personally, Scheffler was adamant he’s still getting over the ordeal — and it might take some time.
“That mug shot, I’m sure, is not going anywhere anytime soon,” he said.
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