{"id":32732,"date":"2026-07-26T08:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/the-open-2026-scottie-scheffler-says-bryson-dechambeau-is-definitely-not-a-cheater-as-discussion-over-two-shot-penalty-rumbles-on\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:27:23","slug":"the-open-2026-scottie-scheffler-says-bryson-dechambeau-is-definitely-not-a-cheater-as-discussion-over-two-shot-penalty-rumbles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/the-open-2026-scottie-scheffler-says-bryson-dechambeau-is-definitely-not-a-cheater-as-discussion-over-two-shot-penalty-rumbles-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open 2026: Scottie Scheffler says Bryson DeChambeau is “definitely not a cheater” as discussion over two-shot penalty rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"


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World number one Scottie Scheffler insists Bryson DeChambeau is “definitely not a cheater” as the discussion about the rules incident which overshadowed The Open rumbles on.<\/b><\/p>\n

DeChambeau was given a two-shot penalty after Friday’s second round<\/a> when he was judged to have inadvertently improved his swing path on the fifth hole.<\/p>\n

Officials from the R&A, which organises The Open, said DeChambeau broke rules by trampling down knee-high rough behind his ball.<\/p>\n

The R&A emphasised that DeChambeau’s actions had been accidental but pointed out that the rule still applied.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old American thought a round of 66 had left him a shot off the lead at the halfway stage, but his hopes of lifting the Claret Jug were hampered by the penalty.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau felt he had been unfairly treated and, following rounds of 69 and 72 at the weekend, finished six shots adrift of eventual champion Ryan Fox.<\/p>\n

After Sunday’s final round, DeChambeau, who did not speak to the media all week, again refused to say anything.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never seen him cheat once, whether we were having a putting or chipping contest, or anytime we played amateur golf, I never saw anything suspicious,” said fellow American Scheffler, who was playing with DeChambeau when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

“When you’re watching him there from that camera angle, maybe he was a touch careless around his ball, but I don’t think he did anything intentionally.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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