\ufeffWatch every round of The Open Championship LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n The LIV Golf star was taken back to the scene of his crime beside the fifth fairway by officials<\/a> after he had come into the scorer\u2019s room with a round of 66 to move to within one shot of 36-hole leader Lucas Herbert of Australia.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\u2019s animated reaction was captured by broadcast cameras and the American was furious when it ruled that he had improved his lie by stamping down on the rough directly behind his ball.<\/p>\n Timeline of Bryson’s two-shot penalty | 07:35<\/p>\n Lip readers picked up him threatening to not play in the remainder of the tournament, while Shackelford revealed that the two-time US Open winner wanted to take the matter to the Oval Office.<\/p>\n \u201cSources with knowledge of the thirty-minute discussion said DeChambeau wanted the President to join a campaign against the eventual two-stroke penalty that ultimately dropped his score from 66 to 68,\u201d Shackelford wrote. <\/p>\n \u201cThe request came after DeChambeau had already been given a rare bit of special dispensation to return to the scene where he\u2019d stomped around tall fescue rough in his backswing. (The R&A\u2019s hard card states that \u201ca player\u2019s scorecard is officially returned to the Committee when the player has physically left the recording office\/area.\u201d)\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n Talking Pts \u2014 Bryson scandal exposes issue golf must fix; why epic Open is a big Aussie win<\/a><\/p>\n \ufeffHow Bryson \u2018stained\u2019 his reputation… and the US Open moment he won\u2019t want to see<\/a><\/p>\n \ufeff\u2018Stick it up \u2018em\u2019: Bryson\u2019s Open saga exposes golf divide as fans issue their verdict<\/a><\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau of the United States is driven by a rules official on a buggy following day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n Fox claims victory at The Open | 03:21<\/p>\n A storm erupted on Friday night and across the weekend in England\u2019s north-west before New Zealand\u2019s Ryan Fox eventually lifted the Claret Jug<\/a>, claiming his first major title with a birdie at the last in the early hours of Monday morning Australian time.<\/p>\n It is not the first time that Trump has been connected to controversial sporting rulings recently.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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