Xander Schauffele, fresh off his record start of 62, had to settle for seven pars in his last seven holes for a 68. At 12-under 130, he was one-shot ahead of Collin Morikawa (66-65) at 11-under and two ahead of Indian-American Sahith Theegala (65-67) at 10-under. Morikawa may have had a tie for the lead as he birdied five in a row down the stretch but ended with a bogey for a 65.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scheffler (67-66) was tied fourth alongside Belgian Thomas Detry (66-67), Mark Hubbard (65-68) and Bryson DeChambeau (68-65) at nine-under. Rory McIlroy had a double bogey in his even-par 71 and was T-22 at 5-under, while Tiger Woods had two triple bogeys and missed the cut.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Briton Aaron Rai, whose mother has an Indo-Kenyan connection, shot (68-68) and was T-16, while Akshay Bhatia (73-70) missed the cut. The top Asian was Hideki Matsuyama (70-65) at T-11 and Tom Kim (66-71) was T-22 and Byeong Hun-An (71-67) was T-29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
There was a lot more action off the golf course as play began 80 minutes later than scheduled due to a traffic snarl that followed an accident that led to the death of a pedestrian outside Valhalla.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It even had Scheffler being handcuffed and led to a police station. \u201cI feel like my head is still spinning,\u201d Scheffler said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scheffler was driving to Valhalla Golf Club about 6 a.m. when he ran into traffic, unaware police were investigating a pedestrian \u2014 John Mills, who worked for a vendor at the tournament \u2014 being struck and killed by a shuttle bus near the entrance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scheffler did not understand when he was asked to stop. He was arrested for failing to follow police instructions and the report indicated a Louisville Metro police officer was dragged to the ground as Scheffler's car drove by, causing swelling and abrasions on the officer's left wrist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scheffler said it was a \u201cchaotic situation\u201d and he never intended to disregard the police instructions. \u201cA big misunderstanding,\u201d he said. \u201cI can't imagine what they're going through. I feel for them,\" he said of the victim's family. \u201cMy situation will get handled.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scheffler was handcuffed and taken into custody. He posed for a mug shot wearing an orange jail dress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yet he said, \u201cI did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. That was a first for me,\u201d Scheffler said. \"I was just sitting there waiting and I started going through my warmup. I felt like there was a chance I might be able to still come out here and play. I started going through my routine and I tried to get my heart rate down as much as I could today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI was fortunate to be able to make it back out and play some golf today.\u201d On the very first hole, he hit a wedge to 3 feet for birdie on his first hole. He was solid from tee-to-green, made a few putts, and had a round that ranked among his best under the circumstances.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAs far as best rounds of my career, I would say it was pretty good,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI definitely never imagined ever going to jail, and I definitely never imagined going to jail the morning before one of my tee times for sure.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI\u2019ve kept myself in the tournament now with a pretty chaotic day, so I\u2019m going to go from here and focus on getting some rest and recovery and get ready for a grind the last two days,\u201d Scheffler said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
There was a delay of 1 hour and 20 minutes because of the accident. When play was called off in darkness with 18 players yet to finish and the cut looked set at 1-under par, also a PGA Championship record. Scheffler was at 133 with Bryson DeChambeau (65), Thomas Detry (67), and Mark Hubbard, who had three bogeys and three birdies over his last seven holes in a round of 68.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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