The world number one was arrested ahead of his second round at the US PGA Championship on Friday morning.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
He had been the world No. 3. Now he\u2019s at No. 2. The man ahead of him, of course, is Scottie Scheffler, who entered the arena as the new Masters champion and winner in four of his last five starts. But Scheffler\u2019s attempt to thwart Schauffele was marred by a kerfuffle regarding traffic protocols with a police officer early on Friday morning which led to him being arrested, charged and mug-shot, his orange prison scrubs making him look a little like an incarcerated Sunday version of the aforementioned Fowler. His rounds of 67-66-73-65 would suggest there was a 24-hour delay before a reaction set in. Whatever, he ended eight behind Xander.<\/p>\n
As he was leaving the course on Sunday, Scheffler agreed that \u201chectic\u201d would be an apt word to describe his week. For his part, Schauffele acknowledged: \u201cI won this today but I\u2019m still not that close to Scottie in the big scheme of things.\u201d Perhaps so, but all considered this was surely more than baby steps towards closing the gap.<\/p>\n
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