Bryson DeChambeau’s Two-Stroke Penalty Changed The Open Championship Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Subscribe to support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@treywingopresents?sub_confirmation=1 Bryson DeChambeau thought he had shot a 66 in the second round of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Instead, everything changed after he walked into the scoring area. The R&A rules officials reviewed Bryson’s actions on the fifth hole, where his drive ended up in deep fescue. The question was whether Bryson had improved his lie by walking around the ball and pressing down the grass behind it before hitting his shot. After a long and animated discussion, officials assessed a two-stroke penalty. That moved Bryson from seven-under to five-under. Instead of sitting one shot off the lead and playing in the final group on Saturday, he dropped farther down the leaderboard. Trey Wingo breaks down why the penalty matters, why the R&A was never going to bend on protecting the integrity of the rules, and why Bryson had to be careful not to let his frustration ruin the entire tournament. Because according to Trey, if Bryson had disqualified himself over the penalty, it would have been one of the worst decisions in professional golf history. Even after the penalty, Bryson is still right in the mix. The leaderboard entering the weekend is wide open. Lucas Herbert leads at eight-under after shooting 62. Jackson Suber, Cameron Young and Ryan Gerard are at six-under. Sam Burns and Bryson are at five-under. Behind them are names like Scottie Scheffler, John Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre and Francesco Molinari. And that is what makes this so interesting. Many of the players ahead of Bryson have never won a major. Bryson has won two U.S. Opens. He knows what it takes to close on the weekend. The biggest question now is whether he can calm down, reset mentally, and turn this controversy into fuel. Trey also explains why the penalty changed the Saturday pairings. Without it, Bryson would have played in the final group with Lucas Herbert. Instead, Herbert now gets Jackson Suber. That is a very different dynamic. The Open now has everything heading into the weekend: controversy, record-setting rounds, young players at the top, proven major champions lurking, and Bryson DeChambeau trying to turn his entire year around. The penalty hurt him. But it did not end his championship. More Straight Facts Homie! Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihC6TAafKWcDbvIlAMc87HibcOlDYf8c&si=sPioGmRdOG8yZOVk Find us on all platforms here: https://linktr.ee/thewingonetwork Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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