PGA Tour caddy apologizes to Scottie Scheffler on behalf of his hometown over the World No.1 golfer's arrest in May

PGA Tour caddie Aaron Flener has apologized to Scottie Scheffler on behalf of his hometown over World No.1’s arrest in May. Scottie was arrested as he was trying to get to Valhalla before the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

Now, PGA Tour caddie Aaron Flener, who hails from Kentucky, has apologized to Scottie over the arrest incident. In a recent episode of "GOLF's Subpar" podcast with FleneColt Knost and Drew Stoltz, Flener wore a shirt with Scottie's picture on it and it had "Free" written on it. He was asked if Scottie had seen him wearing the shirt. He said:

"He has not. This is actually the first time I've ever put it on. So don't know if he watches your show. But Scottie, I just want you to know that I'm sorry for what my home state did to you and I fully support you," he said (17:53-18:05).

Flener hails from Glasgow, Kentucky, and attended TK High School. He went to Lipscomb University and played collegiate golf with their golf team from 2001 to 2004. He has caddied for several notable PGA Tour golfers like Kent Bulle and Stephen Jaeger. He is currently on the bag with JT Poston.

In May, Scottie Scheffler faced four charges which included assaulting a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and and failing to obey traffic signals from traffic officers. He was released before the tee time of the second round of the second Major of the year. The criminal charges against the golfer were dropped in late May.

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Scottie Scheffler is not on the field at the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open

After skipping the Rocket Mortgage Classic and John Deere Classic, Scottie Scheffler is not on the field for the upcoming Genesis Scottish Open. He played last at the 2024 Travelers Championship. Talking about his upcoming schedule during the tournament, he said (via Daily Express):

"Yeah. I'm playing The Open, the Olympics and the last three playoff events, and then I think I should be on the President's Cup team. After that, I'll take a break."

Scottie Scheffler has had three appearances at the Open Championship and his best performance came in 2021 when he finished T8. In the last three starts, he has three top-25 finishes at the tournament.

• 2023 Royal Liverpool: T23 (70-75-72-67, 284, -)
• 2022 St Andrews: T21 (68-68-69-74, 279, -9)
• 2021 Royal St George's: T8 (67-66-69-71, 273, -7)

Scheffler has already had six wins and he will go to the Royal Troon after a playoff victory at the 2024 Travelers Championship over Tim Kim on the first hole. Let's take a performance at Scottie Scheffler's performances in the 2024 season so far:

• The Sentry: T5 (66-64-71-66, 267, -25)
• The American Express: T17 (67-66-69-65, 267, -21)
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T6 (69-64-70, 203, -13)
• WM Phoenix Open: T3 (68-66-66-66, 266, -18)
• The Genesis Invitational: T10 (68-70-70-68, 276, -8)
• Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: 1 (70-67-70-66, 273, -15)
• THE PLAYERS Championship: 1 (67-69-68-64, 268, -20)
• Texas Children's Houston Open: T2 (65-70-66-68, 269, -11)
• Masters Tournament: 1 (66-72-71-68, 277, -11)
• RBC Heritage: 1 (69-65-63-68, 265, -19)
• PGA Championship: T8 (67-66-73-65, 271, -13)
• Charles Schwab Challenge: T2 (72-65-63-71, 271, -9)
• the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: 1 (67-68-71-74, 280, -8)
• U.S. Open: T41 (71-74-71-72, 288, +8)
• Travelers Championship: 1-x (65-64-64-65-4, 258, -22)