Oh suddenly ESPN is trusted news. Lol
Even then, it doesn’t mean they are free to ignore any cop along the way. He needed to stop for a second when told to do so. Maybe his placard wasn’t visible enough, maybe it fell down as he bounced through the median, maybe cop in rain and dark couldn’t see it… so stop for a few seconds, clear it up and move on.
Or just do as you were instructed to do and drive through the diversion to get to the course and ignore the thug cop on a power trip.