the main challenger to Australian halfway leader Lucas Herbert<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut the 32-year-old was whisked away by rules officials after his round to the scene of what they felt had been a rules infringement earlier at the fifth hole.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau had been accused of trampling on long grass close to his ball which cleared the way for him to get a clean back swing, but he was clearly desperately unhappy about any such suggestion as he could be seen protesting his innocence.<\/p>\n
There was even a suggestion that he told officials he would not play tomorrow if he was penalised.<\/p>\n
It was later confirmed he had been given a two-shot penalty for “inadvertently improving his lie”, which pushed him to five-under for the tournament, now three shots behind Herbert and down to tied-fifth place behind three other Americans, Cameron Young, Ryan Gerard and Jackson Suber.<\/p>\n
“Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of intended back swing on the fifth hole,” R&A rules official Grant Moir said, stressing it had been an “accidental” violation of the rule by the American.<\/p>\n
The two-time US Open champion later refused to confirm he would definitely play in the third round, refusing to answer any questions when he walked past the media, saying only: “Are you guys having a great night? I’m having a great night.”<\/p>\n
DeChambeau later went off to the range with his team as darkness gathered to “hit some balls”.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau’s agent, Brett \u200cFalkoff, later claimed his client would wait until the sun rises to decide whether to even participate in another hole.<\/p>\n
“He’s a lot of things. He’s not a cheater,” Falkoff told reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He’s a big boy. He’ll see how he feels. But he \u200ccertainly feels he was unfairly penalised.”<\/p>\n
A couple of hours later, DeChambeau quashed the speculation he would abandon his bid for a first Claret Jug by posting on X: “Obviously disappointed with the ruling. I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is. This fires me up. Onto the weekend. Let’s get it.”<\/p>\n
DeChambeau’s penalty was not the only controversial incident of the day as Jon Rahm, who shot a 67 to get to four under, was given an official warning under the tournament’s serious misconduct policy for throwing a club after his tee shot on the 15th hole.<\/p>\n
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