Police officer suffered cuts and torn trousers in incident with golfer Scottie Scheffler

The police officer who stopped top golfer Scottie Scheffler outside a Kentucky country club last month suffered a cut wrist and torn pants in an altercation the officer could or should have avoided, new documents revealed Friday.

The Louisville Metro Police Department released a 63-page report on the arrest of Scheffler, the world’s leading golfer, on May 17 outside the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville during the PGA Championship.

The report included photos of Detective Bryan Gillis’ bloody left wrist and torn pants after Scheffler was accused of driving away with the officer’s arm in his vehicle.

The golfer was accused of failing to comply with police orders investigating a fatal accident outside the club, but all charges were ultimately dropped.

Scheffler and Gillis disagreed about whether the golfer could enter Valhalla through Gate 1 at around 6 a.m.

“When Detective Gillis finally determined that Mr. Scheffler was refusing to comply with the lawful orders of a traffic officer, he grabbed Mr. Scheffler’s left arm and attempted to open the driver’s side door of the vehicle while verbally commanding him to put the vehicle in park and get out,” the Louisville police report states.

“Mr. Scheffler then accelerated forward while Detective Gillis’ hand was trapped. Detective Gillis was able to briefly run alongside the vehicle while screaming for help before he was pulled to the ground. Mr. Scheffler then stopped the vehicle and Detective Gillis was able to remove him from the vehicle and take him into custody without further incident.”

But when reviewing Gillis’ actions, Lt. Craig Browning criticized his colleague’s decision to reach into Scheffler’s car.

“Not a violation of regulations, but a poor tactical decision by Det. Gillis to reach into a vehicle that was running, in motion, and whose driver had the opportunity to pull away/accelerate,” Browning said. “Whether Gillis grabbed Mr. Scheffler’s arm or Mr. Scheffler ‘clamped’ Gillis’ arm with his knee is irrelevant if Gillis did not get across the level into the passenger compartment of the vehicle.”

It was also not clear whether Scheffler knew that he was dealing with police officers at that moment.

After Gillis was allegedly dragged, Detective Kelvin Watkins approached the vehicle and “Mr. Scheffler asked him if he was a police officer,” and when the officer answered yes, the golfer got out, according to the report.

Scheffler then told another detective, “He thought Detective Gillis was a security guard and did not know he was a police officer,” the report said.

Scheffler was taken away in handcuffs and taken into custody. He is charged with second-degree assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal damage, reckless driving and failure to obey traffic signals.

He was released later that morning, returned to the course and shot a 5-under-par 66, his second-best day of four matches in Louisville, en route to an eighth-place finish in the tournament.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com.