{"id":394917,"date":"2024-05-18T03:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394917"},"modified":"2024-05-18T05:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T05:04:56","slug":"locked-up-scheffler-joins-infamous-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394917","title":{"rendered":"Locked up: Scheffler joins infamous group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler's arrest hours before his second-round tee time<\/a> at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, will go down as one of the most shocking in professional golf history. It certainly wasn't the first, though.<\/p>\n

Tiger Woods and John Daly are probably the highest-profile golfers to wear handcuffs, but Scheffler\u2019s arrest is very different because it happened while he was competing in a tournament \u2014 a major championship, no less.<\/p>\n

Woods was arrested in 2017 on suspicion of driving under the influence when he was found asleep in the driver\u2019s seat of his Mercedes-Benz while he was recovering from back surgery.<\/p>\n

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Daly was taken into custody in North Carolina in October 2008 after he was found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant and held until he could get sober.<\/p>\n

At least five other pro golfers \u2014 Robert Allenby, Steven Bowditch, Matt Every, Joe Ogilvie and Jack McGurn \u2014 have been arrested either during or around a tournament.<\/p>\n

ROBERT ALLENBY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian golfer Robert Allenby was arrested outside a casino in Rock Island, Illinois, hours after he missed the cut in the 2016 John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n

Allenby was apprehended outside Jumer\u2019s Casino and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.<\/p>\n

USA Today reported Allenby as saying he had been playing cards at the casino.<\/p>\n

"There's nothing to be said or done about. Nothing happened," Allenby was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

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In January 2015, Allenby missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii and said he was abducted and beaten after visiting a Honolulu wine bar, but his caddie suggested the story was made up.<\/p>\n

His story also came under scrutiny when witnesses said they saw Allenby at a strip club.<\/p>\n

Allenby said he did not remember much of the night until he was pushed out of a car more than 10 kilometres from the wine bar without his wallet and mobile phone.<\/p>\n

An arrest eventually was made and a Honolulu man was jailed for five years for using Allenby's credit cards.<\/p>\n

STEVEN BOWDITCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Australian, Steven Bowditch, was arrested for extreme DUI following the first round of the 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open. Scottsdale police said Bowditch had a blood-alcohol level over 0.20 percent when he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Responding to a 911 report about a truck \u201cswerving all over the road,\u201d officers observed the vehicle sit through two greens lights without moving and found Bowditch asleep behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

\"29.<\/p>\n

He was released from jail, shot 3-over 74 in the second round and missed the cut.<\/p>\n

"I would like to apologise to my family, friends and supporters, as well as the PGA TOUR and Waste Management Phoenix Open for the incident reported today," Bowditch said.<\/p>\n

"As I intend to fully cooperate with the authorities, I will not be making further comment at this stage."<\/p>\n

MATT EVERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt Every was in his first year on the PGA Tour when he was arrested for marijuana possession in Bettendorf, Iowa, two days before the first round of the 2010 John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n

He was arrested along with two other men after police were called to investigate the odor of marijuana coming from a room.<\/p>\n

The smell became stronger when police knocked on the door, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

Every tied for 56th in the tournament and later was suspended for three weeks. He was suspended 12 weeks in 2019 for violating the PGA Tour\u2019s Conduct Policy for drugs.<\/p>\n

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JOE OGILVIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Ogilvie was charged with driving while impaired after a traffic stop on the day before the 2006 Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Police say he was stopped for speeding, and the officer smelled alcohol. He failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody before posting bond. He tied for 26th that week.<\/p>\n

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JACK McGURN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack \u201cMachine Gun\u201d McGurn was one of Chicago mobster Al Capone's henchmen, and also was a pretty good stick. He entered the 1933 Western Open under an assumed name and shot 83 in the first round.<\/p>\n

Police got wise to McGurn's ruse the next day and planned to arrest him on the course.<\/p>\n

According to Golfheritage.org, Chicago had just passed a law to treat individuals associated with crime as vagrants unless they could show legitimate income. At the time, McGurn headed up a bookmaking operation.<\/p>\n

McGurn was 1 under when officers approached him on the seventh green to make the arrest. But McGurn asked if they would let him finish his round and they agreed.<\/p>\n

The encounter must have rattled McGurn because he finished with an 86 and then was ushered away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler's arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, will go down as one of the most shocking […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":394919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=394917"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394924,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394917\/revisions\/394924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/394919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=394917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=394917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=394917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}