GOLF star Scottie Scheffler endured his worst opening round in almost a year at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday.

The world No1 carded a disappointing two-over 72 at Colonial Country Club in Texas.

It was his first over-par opening round since the Tour Championship last August.

Scheffler‘s uncharacteristic struggles came just days after his arrest in Louisville, Kentucky.

The 27-year-old was detained by police outside Valhalla Golf Course just hours before he was due to tee off at the PGA Championship last Friday.

He allegedly failed to follow police orders after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a shuttle bus in the early hours of the morning.

Scheffler was dragged out of his vehicle by two officers before being driven away in a cop car.

He now faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.

The Masters champion was originally due to be arraigned on Tuesday, May 21 but his trial has been pushed back to Monday, June 3.

Discussing his ordeal on Friday, Scheffler told reporters: “It was a chaotic situation and a big misunderstanding. My head is still spinning.

“I was pretty rattled, to say the least… I was never angry, I was just in shock. I was shaking for about an hour.”

He then went on to reveal that he bonded with the police officer who drove him to the station.

He said: “We had a nice chat in the car that kind of helped calm me down. I was sitting there waiting to go in and I asked him ‘Can you just come hang out with me for a few minutes so I can calm down?’.

“When I was sitting in the holding cell, there was a TV there and I could see myself on the TV.”