{"id":6284,"date":"2026-07-17T23:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:06:23","slug":"dechambeau-gets-2-shot-penalty-in-dramatic-late-night-british-open-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6284","title":{"rendered":"DeChambeau gets 2-shot penalty in dramatic late-night British Open ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 Bryson DeChambeau was given a two-shot penalty after his second round at the British Open on Friday that dropped the American star out of the final group and raised doubts about whether he shows up on the weekend at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6282\">Uncertainty clouds the forecast on whether wildfire smoke will affect the World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic late-evening development after a 4-under 66, DeChambeau was taken back out to the fifth hole for a rules review. Footage taken during his round showed him stomping around in high grass to the right of the fairway trying to figure out his shot 72 yards out from the hole.<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau was seen in a lengthy, heated exchange with rules officials \u2014 at one point, he waved his arms and pointed in clear frustration \u2014 before being driven back to the scoring tent, where he was followed by officials including R&amp;A chief executive Mark Darbon.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict then came in: DeChambeau was deemed to have inadvertently improved the area of his intended swing by tamping down a section of grass behind the ball that might have affected his backswing on the shot.<\/p>\n<p>His bogey 5 on the No. 5 was turned into a triple-bogey 7 and the two-shot penalty turned his score to a 68, leaving him three shots behind, tied for fifth place.<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau left for the range, saying only, \u201cAre you guys having a good night?\u201d as he walked past dozens of reporters, and stopped to sign an autograph before hitting balls in twilight.<\/p>\n<p>His agent, Brett Falkoff, was asked if the two-time U.S. Open champion would play Saturday and he replied: \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is proving an action-packed trip to Royal Birkdale for DeChambeau, who was accused by Nick Faldo of having \u201czero clue of strategy\u201d when the three-time Open champion spoke on the Sky Sports Golf podcast ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6280\">Shohei Ohtani had lubricant injected into knee and is likely to pitch Wednesday at Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After shooting 67 in the first round, DeChambeau skipped media, though later agreed to take a few questions from the R&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>His answers were pointed. \u201cI feel like I did a really good job today of being incredibly strategic,\u201d he said, before later adding: \u201cI feel like my strategy was nice today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau \u2014 one of the most high-profile players in golf \u2014 left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in 2022 and still plays on the breakaway circuit, while continuing to produce videos on his YouTube channel that has 2.77 million subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>He draws attention more than pretty much any golfer, as Friday proved.<\/p>\n<h3>The ruling explained<\/h3>\n<p>At issue for DeChambeau was whether he violated Rule 8 that governs the intended swing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn improvement means to alter one or more of the conditions affecting the stroke so that the player gains a potential advantage for the stroke,\u201d Grant Moir, the R&amp;A\u2019s executive director for governance, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe player,\u201d Moir continued, \u201cmust take the least intrusive course of action to deal with the particular situation and is not entitled to a normal stance or swing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moir said this applied \u201ceven when the action is accidental, as it was in Bryson\u2019s case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6278\">Pirates-Guardians game postponed due to poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 Bryson DeChambeau was given a two-shot penalty after his second round&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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