World number one Scottie Scheffler has been arrested for an incident unrelated to a traffic accident that caused a delay to the second round of the PGA Championship.

The start of the round at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday was pushed back by 80 minutes “due to an accident near the course”, according to official tournament communications.

According to ESPN, Scheffler, who was not involved in the accident, attempted to drive around the incident about an hour later before a police officer grabbed on to the golfer’s car.

ESPN said Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla and exited the car after being prompted by the officer, who placed him in handcuffs.

Video posted on X, formerly Twitter, by ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington appeared to show Scheffler being led away, asking “Can you please help?” before an officer said “right now, he’s going to jail”.

The second round was scheduled to start at 7:15am US Eastern Time (9:15pm AEST) with Scheffler initially was scheduled to tee off at 10:48pm AEST.

Play was eventually rescheduled for 10:35pm AEST, with Scheffler, five shots behind leader Xander Schauffele, set to tee off just after midnight.

Per Louisville Metro Police (LMPD), a shuttle bus struck and killed an adult male pedestrian as he was crossing the road near the front gate of the Valhalla course on Friday morning (local time).

“We had a pedestrian that was struck by one of the shuttle buses between gates one and two on Shelbyville Road by Valhalla this morning,” LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell told local station NewsRadio 840 WHAS.

“It’s an unfortunate thing that happened. He was crossing south to north across Shelbyville Road. Unfortunately, the bus didn’t see him and struck the individual.

“He was pronounced dead on the scene and our traffic unit is investigating at this time.”

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