The R&A assessed Bryson DeChambeau a two-stroke penalty following his second round in the 154th Open Championship for an infraction on the fifth hole. American punished for improving line of his swingSanction moved DeChambeau out of second placeBryson DeChambeau’s ongoing participation in the Open Championship is in doubt after extraordinary scenes at the conclusion of the 32-year-old’s second round at Royal Birkdale. DeChambeau was handed a two-stroke penalty for improving the line of his swing in thick rough, with the scenario prompting a furious response from the American.
The sanction shifted DeChambeau out of second place and an initial position of one stroke behind the leader Lucas Herbert.After 10pm and in darkness on the Birkdale range, DeChambeau was still pounding drives while asking waiting media if they cared for any of his snacks. He had already asked what the media thought of his swing. In 153 previous stagings, the Open had witnessed nothing akin to this.
Life around DeChambeau is rarely dull. Bryson DeChambeau has been hit with a costly two-stroke penalty following his second round at The Open Championship for illegally improving his lie on the fifth hole. Following a lengthy review with officials at Royal Birkdale, the American saw his score revised to a triple-bogey seven, dropping him to five under par and a tie for fifth place after a 68.
After his round concluded, DeChambeau was called back out to the 5th for trampling down the grass behind his ball
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