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Harry Latham-Coyle

Bryson DeChambeau responds to controversial penalty at The Open: ‘I thought I was right’

Bryson DeChambeau finished in a tie for 14th at Royal Birkdale - (PA)

Bryson DeChambeau has said he is “moving past” the controversial two-shot penalty that hampered his bid for The Open at Royal Birkdale.

DeChambeau was docked two shots after his second round in Southport having been deemed by officials to have improved the area of his backswing by standing on and flattening grass as he played a shot out of the rough on the fifth hole.

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