A day after the R&A issued a two-stroke penalty to Bryson DeChambeau at the Open Championship for inadvertently improving the area of his swing path for his second shot on the fifth hole during the second round, R&A CEO Mark Darbon shed a little more light on how the penalty came to be in an interview with BBC Radio.
Joaquin Niemann became the first player in major championship history to receive a two-stroke penalty for throwing a club, then responded with rounds of 65 and 66 to nearly pull off an extraordinary comeback at the 2026 US Open.
Joaquin Niemann was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the first round of the US Open for “serious misconduct” at the par-4 sixth hole at Shinnecock Hills.
If any golfer requires a reminder of the need to always, always, always follow one of the golden rules of the competitive game – read every word of the local rules before teeing off – we offer the tale of Anthony Quayle at this past week’s Vic PGA Championship.