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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After warming up for the second round of the PGA Championship in a jail cell, Scottie Scheffler shot a five-under-par 66 at Valhalla Golf Club.

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In one of the strangest days in major championship history, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler was arrested on his way to the golf course but released in time to stay in contention heading to the weekend in Louisville, Ky.

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“I feel like my head is still spinning. I can’t really explain what happened this morning,” Scheffler said as video of his arrest played on a monitor above him in what was possibly the most bizarre post-round press conference in golf history. “I did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. That was a first for me. That was part of my warmup.

:I was just sitting there waiting and I started going through my warmup, I felt like there was a chance I may be able to still come out here and play.”

That’s exactly what happened as Scheffler was released from jail after being charged with four offences from an early morning incident with police on his way to the course. Following a fatal accident involving a pedestrian and a shuttle bus outside the gates of the course, Scheffler allegedly attempted to circumvent traffic in his courtesy car.

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“My situation will get handled. It was a chaotic situation and a big misunderstanding. I can’t comment on any of the specifics of it … but my situation will be handled,” he said. “It was just a big misunderstanding. If you’ve got any questions about the golf today, I’m happy to answer that, but outside of that, I can’t get into what transpired, outside of my heart goes out to the family.”

Scheffler somehow managed to not only play golf, but shoot one stroke better than he did in Thursday’s opening round. The Masters champion will head to the weekend at nine-under with a chance to win the first two legs of the single-season grand slam.

“I started going through my routine and I tried to get my heart rate down as much as I could today, but like I said, I still feel like my head is spinning a little bit. But I was fortunate to be able to make it back out and play some golf today.”

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