DeChambeau gets two-stroke penalty at Open, drops to fifth place

SOUTHPORT, England, July 17 : Bryson DeChambeau was handed a two-stroke penalty for inadvertently improving his lie on the fifth hole during the second round of the British Open on Friday, dropping him from solo second into a tie for fifth and three shots off the lead.As a result of the ruling, DeChambeau's agent told the Golf Channel that the American may opt not to continue on Saturday.DeChambeau, who missed the cut at the year's first three majors, capped his second round at Royal Birkdale with a pair of birdies for a four-under-par 66 that brought him to seven under on the week and one back of halfway leader and fellow LIV golfer Lucas Herbert.But DeChambeau was confronted by a rules official and informed of the penalty and so they returned to the par-four fifth to analyze the scene wh