It likely won’t be enough for another major title, but Scottie Scheffler did everything he could to move back into contention Sunday at the PGA Championship after a strange weekend in Louisville, Ky.
Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 golfer, shot a 6-under 65 — his best round of the tournament at Valhalla Golf Club — and shifted into a tie for eighth at 13-under with Billy Horschel, Thomas Detry and Sahith Theegala.
Detry and Theegala were still in the process of completing their final rounds.
Scheffler recovered from a bogey on his first hole Sunday and birdied five times on the back-nine.
His weekend became controversial on Friday, though, when Scheffler was arrested outside of Valhalla and charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officer directing traffic.
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The incident occurred when Scheffler tried to enter Valhalla.
He changed into an orange jumpsuit at a jail for his mugshot, but Scheffler still made it back to the course for his tee time later that morning — and ended up shooting a 5-under 66 that day.
Those charges are expected to be dropped, No Laying Up reported Sunday.
Scheffler has an arraignment scheduled for Tuesday.