Bryson DeChambeau\u00a0said he believes he would have been “right there for the Claret Jug” if he did not receive a two-shot penalty in the Open Championship last week at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau made a positive start to last week’s tournament after opening with a 67 and then a 66 on Friday, but his second-round score was later adjusted to 68 after he was handed a retrospective two-stroke penalty at the fifth hole.<\/p>\n
He was punished after match officials ruled he had improved the area of his backswing by standing on and flattening some long grass after a video review.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau, 32, was in the mix at the top of the leaderboard, but he dropped from second to fifth in the standings after his bogey was subsequently turned into a triple bogey.<\/p>\n
He protested the decision and even threatened to pull out of the tournament, but he played through the weekend and carded a third round of 69 before a final day 72.<\/p>\n
Ryan Fox clinched victory to claim his first major championship at 10 under. DeChambeau finished six shots back at four under, but he said the two-shot penalty played a pivotal role in his weekend.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau is now playing in LIV Golf UK at the JCB Golf and Country Club. He told a news conference there: “Yeah, I made the cut. It was a good fight. I wish I’d have given it more on Saturday and Sunday; it felt like I could have.<\/p>\n
“Besides the fifth, being three over on it, and the 11th, that’s six shots. That’s tied for the lead right there.<\/p>\n
“Two holes and I’m right there for the Claret Jug.”<\/p>\n
–\u00a0Open champion Fox returns to New Zealand
–\u00a0Coughlin, Shin tied atop LPGA’s Scottish Open
–\u00a0Kohles (62) on top at 3M Open; Scheffler 3 back<\/p>\n
After missing the cut in his previous three major championships, DeChambeau’s tied 14th-place finish gave him his strongest performance in a major since he was runner-up to Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau’s animated complaint well after Friday’s round didn’t earn him a lot of fans in the locker room — particularly Rory McIlroy, who said he was “keeping the tournament hostage.”<\/p>\n
“I won’t pretend to be up here and defend Bryson. I’m not particularly fond of him,” McIlroy said. “I think a lot of it’s performative. I think a lot of it’s for attention.”<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Scheffler was asked about McIlroy’s comments ahead of the 3M Open.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never been a big fan of personal jabs,” Scheffler said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think that rivalry is a big thing in golf just because, like I said, my biggest rivalry week in and week out is the golf course.”<\/p>\n
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