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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler’s court date has been pushed back two weeks to June 3 in the latest twist in a bizarre saga that took over last week’s PGA Championship.

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Scheffler’s lawyer Steve Romines told the Louisville Courier-Journal that he asked for the change of date for his client’s arraignment hearing. Romines didn’t provide any reason for the request.

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A report Sunday morning ahead of the final round of golf action at Valhalla Golf Club said the Jefferson County prosecutor’s office was planning on dropping the charges against the Masters champ early this week.

Scheffler’s arraignment hearing had been scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. The golfer said after his final round on Sunday that he planned to play this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, in his home state of Texas.

A day after the golfer’s arrest, the mayor of Louisville said that there was no footage of the arrest because the arresting officer didn’t have his body-cam activated, but that there was some footage from a camera located across the street from the incident.

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“The officer did not have body cam footage turned on during the incident,” Greenberg said. “We will release footage that we have … to my knowledge, we have not yet discovered any video of the initial contact between Officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler.”

Prosecuting attorney Mike O’Connell told the Courier-Journal that he objected to the change of date.

Scheffler was charged with four offences: Second degree assault of a police officer; third degree criminal mischief, Reckless driving, Disregarding traffic signals from an officer.

After returning to the golf course and shooting a 66 following his release from custody, Scheffler was optimistic that his legal problems would be quickly put behind him.

“My situation will get handled,” he said. “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. It was just a big misunderstanding.”

June 3 is the Monday following the RBC Canadian Open, which Scheffler is not expected to play.

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