Nike didn’t waste any time on Sunday afternoon.
The company immediately released a new ad honoring Scottie Scheffler after his . While that’s not surprising on its own, Nike didn’t hesitate to hilariously reference the top-ranked golfer’s arrest at last year’s tournament in its new ad.
Well done.
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at last year’s PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, when he was trying to drive into Valhalla Golf Club ahead of the second round. Police were investigating a separate incident outside of the course gates that ended in a pedestrian fatality at the time.
Scheffler was initially facing several charges, including one felony, though they were later dropped. He made it back to the course that morning in time for his tee time, too, and actually posted the second-best score of the day. He finished T8 on the week.
earlier this week, too, when he wore orange for a practice round. It was actually the first time he had worn that color publicly since having his mugshot taken.
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Scheffler, after nearly blowing a five-shot lead on Sunday afternoon at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina, . It marked his third major championship win, and his first outside of Augusta National.
Clearly, , Scheffler has more than put last year’s wild tournament behind him.
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