Nike drops brilliant Scottie Scheffler ad after PGA Championship win

Scheffler was arrested on May 17, 2024 outside of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., while police were redirecting traffic after a pedestrian was struck by a passenger shuttle and killed. Scheffler was unaware of what had happened and was trying to enter the golf club despite being redirected by police. He ended up allegedly dragging a police officer who was hanging onto the golfer’s car.

The 28-year-old Scheffler had been charged with reckless driving, criminal mischief, and second degree assault of a police officer. Scheffler said the entire ordeal was a misunderstanding, and prosecutors eventually agreed and dropped the charges.

While Scheffler has said numerous times that he prefers to move on from the incident, there is no doubt he was thinking about it at this year’s PGA Championship. His reaction after winning seemed like proof of that:

Scheffler, who has also won the Masters twice, now has three major championship wins and 15 PGA Tour victories. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only other players in the modern era who shared that resume prior to their 29th birthday.

We should have known by the color shirt Scheffler wore during one of his practice rounds that he was a man on a mission at Quail Hollow.