Scottie Scheffler -- Arrest 'not something that I love reliving' - ESPN

DUBLIN, Ohio — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler said he knew five days in advance that charges related to his arrest during the PGA Championship were going to be dismissed. In his mind, that wasn't the end of the saga but rather the beginning of trying to put it behind him.

Criminal charges were dismissed on May 29, nearly two weeks after images emerged of the world's No. 1 golfer being arrested and handcuffed outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

Scheffler said his attorney told him on May 24 that dropping the charges had become a formality because «we had a lot of evidence on our side.» But that didn't mean he had moved past it.

«The charges are dropped, but I still… now it's almost more appropriate for people to ask me about it,» Scheffler said Tuesday ahead of the Memorial. «And to be honest with you, it's not something that I love reliving, just because it was fairly traumatic for me being arrested going into the golf course.

»It was definitely a bit of a relief, but not total relief because that's something that will always kind of stick with me," he said. «That mug shot, I'm sure is not going anywhere anytime soon.»

Even with the U.S. Open approaching, images are still hard to forget of Scheffler in gym shorts and a T-shirt being led to a police car in handcuffs.

The case stemmed from a fatal accident involving a pedestrian, John Mills, an employee of a PGA Championship vendor who was hit by a shuttle bus near the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club.

Scheffler was trying to drive around the traffic that resulted from the accident scene on his way into the course. He was charged with a felony for assaulting a police officer with his vehicle, along with three misdemeanors, after police alleged he did not