R&A EXPLAIN why Bryson DeChambeau has been handed a two-shot penalty!

If these guys would cut the dam grass we wouldn't have this problem….

Think it was harsh, however he did stamp down grass just as he arrived but it's unclear if that was close enough to the ball to be an issue. Because we can only see one angle, unlike with VAR, I would've given the player the benefit. And when you see his actual backswing it is clear of the grass. So I understand why he was penalised but I thought it was harsh.

I agree, he was stomping around so much. Also felt his demeanor was ‘interesting’ when he did. Case of bad acting.

Andrew Cotter on comms keeps saying Bryson got that penalty for unintentionaly improving his lie. This is incorrect. He got the penalty for improving his area of intended swing regardless of whether he did it deliberately or not. The ruling isn't concerned whatsoever about his intent. It so happens that the rules chap explaining the decision throws Bryson a bone by calling it inadvertent – he didn't need to do that at all. We can all have our opinion as to whether he was deliberately cheating or not but it's incorrect to keep saying that he got the penalty for unintentionally improving his lie.

ITS NOT A FRIGGIN ADVANTAGE IF EVERY OTHER PLAYER DOES THE SAME THING MOVING THROUGH THE GRASS TO ADDRESS YOUR SHOT, BUT IF YOUR A CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN FROM LIV GOLF (((( YOU ARE PENALIZED ! ! ! ))) BY SOME REAL HATEFUL EVIL PRICKS WHO HAVE A LINE OF BULLCRAP READY FROM THEIR GROUP MEETINGS WHILE YOUR PLAYING YOUR REMAINING HOLES ( 13 HOLES ) WHICH WAS APPLIED GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO HOLE NUMBER 5 RIGHT AFTER YOU FINISHED HOLE 18

Good explanation… I think we're all better for this incident.

If Bryson did a practice backswing and knocked down the grass… Is that "reasonable " Or also an "Unintended improvement"?

All that time to explain the bleeding obvous.

Those Sky commentators wouldn’t be so smug if it was their golden boy Rory

Targeting isn’t a good look for the sport. We already know you guys don’t like Bryson.

If it was Rory, they would send an excavator to clear the grass. Then he would take a free drop instead.

So if a ball is hit up against the scoreboard, they allow them to move it , but only if they say Mothe rmay I,. Seems like selective rule enforcement

Clearly the tall grass area directly behind Bryson's backswing and downswing was trampled down. Rules are rules. Bryson knew exactly what he did.

Wondering what happens if 1. His caddy had walked behind the ball looking for it or2 all the people who sometimes tramp around helping players look for a ball somehow improve the players lie….who is responsible …is there a penalty. Not too difficult for a caddy to find a ball with his eyes and then act like he is still looking, tramp down a bunch of grass and then go " I found it be careful where you walk".

Anyone who actually plays golf, can see that’s a penalty. The only question mark dips if it was accidental. For an experienced pro it is either deliberate or unbelievably careless, if that had been Patrick Reed, people would’ve been all over it.

How did you find out about this rule violation? Did a player bring it to your attention? Was a rules official the first to raise the issue?

Their explanation was terrible. Why don't they just say he stomped down the grass that was in his backswing. That is what it looked like to me.

2 stroke penalty for playing on the LIV tour 😂

Wonder if the R&A has a secret video that proves that the weeds he stepped on trying to addtess his ball were directly on his swing path. The videos I see are face on and don't appear to be in a direct line to the way he stood to hit the shot. Like Rory, Faldo and Brandel, I don't much care for Bryson, but we should be fair. What if they had a camera zoom in every time Rory marks his ball? What are the odds he would remark it EXACTLY within a millionth of an inch where it originally was? No way could it be done.