DeChambeau will play on at the Open despite anger over two-stroke penalty

Bryson DeChambeau (left) and his agent Brett Falkoff head for Birkdale’s driving range after the American received a two-shot penalty. Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Bryson DeChambeau’s ongoing participation in the Open Championship was in doubt until after midnight on Friday, after extraordinary scenes at the conclusion of the 32-year-old’s second round at Royal Birkdale.

DeChambeau was handed a two-stroke penalty for improving the line of his swing in thick rough, with the scenario prompting a furious response from the American. The sanction shifted DeChambeau out of second place – one stroke behind the leader, Lucas Herbert – and left him in a tie for fifth.