U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark was involved in a rules issue on Saturday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational that had Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee criticizing PGA Tour rules officials for not assessing a penalty.
Clark, who won the U.S. Open last summer at Los Angeles Country Club and captured the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last month, trails third-round leaders Scottie Scheffler and Shane Lowry by a stroke—which would have been two shots if a penalty had been assessed.
When setting up to play his second shot from heavy rough on the Bay Hill Club’s 18th hole, Clark was seen pressing his club down forcefully behind the ball, causing it to possibly move. The question is whether that could be viewed by the naked eye.
