Bryson DeChambeau just got slapped with a two-shot penalty at the Open on Friday, but trust me, that’s not even the wildest part of this story. The real shocker? He’s being accused of threatening to call Donald Trump during a fiery row with senior R&A officials after the penalty dropped. Wild, right?
That Penalty Just Got REAL
This whole mess went down after DeChambeau’s second round. The 32-year-old golfer was hit with the two strokes because he supposedly improved his swing line. How? By standing on some long grass behind his ball on Royal Birkdale’s fifth hole during round two. Dude, you can’t do that! Rules are rules, even at the Open.
The Open’s Wildest Story Gets Wilder
DeChambeau wasn’t having any of it, though. He argued his case furiously, even insisting upon returning to the scene of the incident with the R&A’s head of governance and a senior referee. But it was during this heated exchange, this absolutely bonkers argument, that the alleged use of the US president’s name came out. His argument was already the dominant story of the 2026 Open, and this alleged threat? It just took the bizarre meter to eleven.
This whole situation is just a new level of drama for the Open. Seriously, what’s next in this saga?
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Originally reported by The Guardian.
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