Scottie Scheffler's PGA Championship shirt causes stir a year after arrest

The No. 1 player in the world was either trolling his shocking arrest at last year's PGA Championship. Or there could be a much simpler explanation.

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Scottie Scheffler is not known to be controversial. At all.

That's why his arrest on the way to his first-round tee time at Valhalla for the 2024 PGA Championship, won by Xander Schauffele, was so shocking. Soon thereafter, all the charges were dropped and Scheffler agreed to not pursue legal action for "a big misunderstanding."

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May 4, 2025: Scottie Scheffler with his wife Meredith and son Bennett pose with the winner's trophy during the final round of the CJ CUP Byron Nelson golf tournament. / Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images

For this year's version of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, the two-time Masters winner showed up for his practice round wearing a color the 28-year-old No. 1 player in the world and PGA Tour star rarely wears - orange.

Now Scheffler does have a sneaky sense of humor and a more fun side, proven out when he showed up to a dive bar near his home in Dallas wearing his Masters green jacket.

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Scottie Scheffler went straight to the iconic dive bar the ‘Inwood Tavern’ to celebrate when he got home last night. Still in his green jacket too.

What an absolute legend!@OldRowSports pic.twitter.com/pSdm8WSN6R

— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) April 15, 2024

So possibly trolling the overzealous Louisville police officer, given Scheffler had to take a mugshot in an orange jumpsuit, Scheffler sported nearly an identical shade of burnt orange.

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🚨🍊👮‍♂️ #LOOK — Former inmate #202406620 arrived on Wednesday at Quail Hollow in an orange polo, potentially a nod to Scheffler’s arrest at the PGA at Valhalla when he donned an orange jump suit at the Louisville jail. @SchefflerFans pic.twitter.com/lURASjZQgi

— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 14, 2025

But of course the Texas Longhorns also wear this distinct color, where last year's PGA Tour FedEx Cup winner played in college.

Or…..hear me out. I know this is crazy. pic.twitter.com/QeHPQcru9E

— Noah Ritchie, RAA (@noahjritchie) May 14, 2025

The Athlete Lifestyle On SI hopes it's the former, since that would have been sneakily hilarious. Or it could be a complete coincidence.

Scheffler since then has been enjoying domestic bliss, with his wife Meredith welcoming their first child, son Bennett, in early May.

On the course, Scheffler will be in the most marquee paring in the first two rounds at Quail Hollow with golf's most popular superstar and reigning Masters champion, and now Grand Slam holder, Rory McIlroy, and last year's PGA Championship winner Schauffele.

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