A US correspondent, Martha Kellner, has this report. A warning, it does contain flashing images.

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It's an unconventional start to a round of golf for the world number one. Handcuffed and led away to be charged with assaulting a police officer. Scottie Scheffler won the Masters this year, one of golf's greatest prizes. But trophies don't count for much at the Louville Department of Corrections. His green jacket swaps stopped for an orange jumpsuit. Roads had been closed around the Valhalla course after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a shuttle bus. A police report alleges that Scheffler attempted to dodge traffic. He was stopped by a police officer and is accused of accelerating away, dragging the officer to the ground. Scheffler seemed as surprised as anyone about his run in with the law.

I feel like my head's still spinning. I can't really explain what happened this morning. 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.

American Scheffler is the most unlikely wild guy of golf. He's known for a cool head on the course and a squeaky clean reputation off it, making his arrest all the more surprising.

He's just a gentle giant of a man. So to see these scenes Scottie Scheffler being taken out of his car, put in handcuffs, put in the back of a police car, taken downtown and booked on four charges. It's surreal.

Scheffler returned to play later in the day. The crowd willing him to succeed. The quiet man of the course suddenly thrust into the spotlight.

He isn't someone like Rory McAulroy who will draw attention every time he opens his mouth. And it's a very, very placid individual. And so as such, there's not really been that much cut through to the wider public. People aren't magnetized to him like they are Tiger Woods.

Scheffler may have just found himself a wider audience. The prospect of prison time didn't seem to affect him either. He remains in contention to win this tournament. Martha Kalner, Sky News.