Scheffler Arrest, Fatal Accident Are an Embarrassing Culmination of a Tragedy That Could Have Been Avoided

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The building blocks of a tragedy have been in place for a long time at Valhalla Golf Club. This is a logistically difficult setup for entry and exit, with people always searching for a workaround to avoid long delays and difficult commutes. Trouble has been avoided for decades, but the potential was always there.Tragedy struck before dawn Friday morning, hours before the scheduled start of the second round of the PGA Championship. A pedestrian was hit and killed by a bus, and in the aftermath the No. 1 golfer in the world was arrested for allegedly disregarding police orders while trying to enter the course (in a statement, Scottie Scheffler called it a "misunderstanding"). It was an astonishing pileup of bad news.The deceased should be the primary focus, but in the callous sports world many people were more concerned with whether Scheffler was going to be released from the Jefferson County Jail in time to make his morning tee time. This became a “Free Scottie” lark i...