Aussie\u2019s reveal on THAT putt after Open round of a lifetime<\/a><\/p>\nMoir explained the ruling by saying: \u201cRuling one restricts what a player may do to improve any of the protected conditions affecting the stroke, and this includes the area of the player\u2019s intended swing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, an improvement means to alter one or more of the conditions affecting the stroke. So that the player gains a potential advantage for the stroke. With stress, this applies even when the action was accidental in Bryson\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe area of intended swing includes the entire area that might reasonably affect any part of the backswing, the downswing or the completion of the swing for the intended stroke. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the prohibited action here is that any player must not move bend or break any growing or attached or natural object. <\/p>\n
\u201cA player is allowed to fairly take their stance by taking reasonable actions to get to the ball and take a stance if, in some situations, that improves the conditions affecting the stroke. But when doing so the player must take the least intrusive course of action to deal with the particular situation, and is not entitled to a normal stance or swing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would reiterate, this rule applies even when there is no intention, as was the case with Bryson.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two-time US Open champion protested and was visibly outraged.<\/p>\n
Lipreaders on social media even shared that DeChambeau appeared to say that he would boycott the remainder of the tournament if the penalty was enforced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just not going to play tomorrow,\u201d he appeared to say.<\/p>\n
That appears to not be the case, however, as he again refused to speak to the media but went straight to the driving range once the saga was completed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you guys having a great night?\u201d DeChambeau asked awaiting journalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m having a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then refused to answer if he\u2019s playing tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m off to hit some balls,\u201d he said before heading off to the range.<\/p>\n
DP World Tour rules referee Graeme Storm explained the ruling to the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s improved the line of play for his club to be able to hit the golf ball. That\u2019s what they\u2019re investigating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether that\u2019s intentional doesn\u2019t really matter. If you improve your line of play you\u2019re improving your lie so basically you get the general penalty of two shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what video evidence I\u2019ve seen it looked like he\u2019s improved his line of play by stepping back on the long grass behind his line of play because he\u2019s looked down at it. He should get the general penalty which is two shots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Australian professional Wayne \u2018Radar\u2019 Riley told Sky Sports what he believed DeChambeau may have argued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing for me and I am not going to defend anyone here. I can\u2019t see how Bryson is going to get penalised without a camera directly behind him. There\u2019s his defence,\u201d Riley said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau is threating to quit The Open Championship after copping a two-shot penalty for improving his lie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-806887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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