Scottie Scheffler's Charges Dropped: A PGA Championship Drama Unfolds

rosecutors dropped criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the world's top golfer was arrested outside the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell told a judge his office couldn't move forward with the charges based on the evidence in the case.

Scheffler was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officers directing traffic when he was arrested outside Louisville's Valhalla Golf Club, which was hosting the tournament.

Scheffler's attorney had denied that the golfer assaulted anyone. Scheffler called the incident a "very chaotic situation" and a "big misunderstanding" in a statement and said he "never intended to disregard any of the instructions."

O'Connell said Wednesday that the evidence corroborated Scheffler's characterization of the incident as a misunderstanding between him and the detective who arrested him.