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Scottie Scheffler has admitted he couldn’t help but laugh at the video of an amateur golfer re-enacting his dramatic arrest at last month’s PGA Championship.
The world No 1 was taken to jail on four charges – including a felony – after trying to enter Valhalla.
He was accused of dragging a police officer to the ground as he made his way into the course.
The charges have since been dropped but earlier this week a video emerged showing a fan entering the parking lot of a course in Louisville – near where Scheffler was arrested.
Stuck on to the side of the car was a mannequin dressed up as a policeman.
A golfer in Louisville hilariously trolled Scottie Scheffler by arriving at a tournament with a dummy police officer attached to the side of his vehicle
Scheffler was arrested making his way into Valhalla for the PGA Championship last month
‘It's kind of hard not to laugh about the guy who did that,’ Scheffler said on Tuesday ahead of this week’s US Open at Pinehurst.
‘Xander (Schauffele) did tell me about it yesterday. He got a pretty good kick out of it.’
Schauffele revealed after winning the PGA Championship that he is in of a group chat with Scheffler and the world No 1 had been roasted by his peers following his arrest.
‘I think that's part of just having good friends. If all they did was make fun of me, it would be different. It wouldn't be as fun,’ Scheffler said.
‘But they're great guys, and they're great friends. So you've got to be able to look in the mirror and laugh at yourself, too.
‘I don't love reliving it, but sometimes being able to laugh about it is a good skill, too. When they make jokes, it's definitely hard not to laugh, especially with some of my good buddies, they're pretty funny with it.’
‘Xander (Schauffele) did tell me about it yesterday. He got a pretty good kick out of it,' he said
Scheffler poses with wife Meredith and son Bennett after winning the Memorial Tournament
Scheffler has won five times already this season – despite his arrest and the recent birth of his first son. The world No 1 admitted that juggling life as a golfer and as a father has been made more difficult by all the turbulence of his case.
‘With some of the circumstances that have been going on outside the golf courses, it's been a bit more challenging,’ he said.
‘But overall I feel like when I'm at home, having Bennett around, it's almost easier to not be on my phone, not be watching TV. I just want to hang out with him and hang out with (wife) Mere, and rocking him to sleep puts me to sleep.
'Being at home is fun. I haven't been bored at home in quite some time, that's for sure.
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