Roger's Cart Driver Arrested For Brushing Highway Patrolman!?

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Jeff Rude with the wacky story of Roger Maltbie's cart driver possibly giving a North Carolina Highway Patrolman's foot a love tap and getting arrested for it.

The driver has been Maltbie's on-course driver at Pinehurst U.S. Opens before.

“This is a new one,” Maltbie said walking down the 11th fairway. “I’ve been to a couple of rodeos and a county fair and I’ve never had this happen.”

Police said the driver was in the Moore County Jail on Saturday night in nearby Carthage.

Maltbie said he has been friends with the man since his rookie year on Tour. The North Carolinian also drove for Maltbie at the 1999 and ’05 U.S. Opens at Pinehurst.

One witness said the cart brushed the officer. It’s clear the mistake the driver made in not stopping when ordered. But it’s uncertain whether he knew a law officer was screaming for him to stop the cart.