DeChambeaus Open penalty proves costly in prize | Golf News

Bryson DeChambeau’s disputed two-stroke penalty at the Open Championship resulted in a $279,887 financial loss.

He also thought of withdrawing from the competitors following the penalty after he moved into sole second place on the leaderboard at the season’s closing major championship. This marks his first look in weekend play at a major this season.

He headed instantly to the follow vary after R&A officers adjusted his place on the leaderboard, avoiding media representatives and inflicting third spherical beginning occasions to be pushed back due to consideration on the dispute.

Several gamers weighed in on the state of affairs, including Scottie Scheffler who said ‘he isn’t a cheater,’ and Rory McIlroy who said the act was ‘performative.’

Following the penalty, DeChambeau acknowledged it fueled his willpower and impressed him to pursue victory on the course, but he in the end fell short of the championship and completed in T-14 place, amassing $234,325.

Had the two-stroke penalty not been utilized, DeChambeau would have secured $514,212 and a tie for sixth place alongside Casey Jarvis, Lucas Herbert, and Si Woo Kim.

DeChambeau has stored his distance from the media following the incident, yet quite a few former Tour veterans, including Scheffler, preserve that this issue runs deeper than a easy penalty, given that just about every one of DeChambeau’s photographs is captured on digicam during broadcasts.

“I think maybe we need to be a little bit more strict in the way that we are policing guys, but it’s a little bit of a balance because you’ve got certain guys like a Bryson who every shot he hits is going to be shown on TV,” Scheffler commented. “When you have camera angles that are far away, things can look different than they do when you’re right there.

“All I’ll say is Bryson, I’ve identified him for a long time, and he is a lot of issues, but he is positively not a cheater. I’ve never seen him cheat once, whether or not we have been having a placing contest on the placing inexperienced or chipping contest, or anytime we performed newbie golf, I never noticed something suspicious.”

DeChambeau is set to compete at LIV Golf UK this week.