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

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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. The American appeared to have produced an excellent second round of 66. Before signing his card, however, he was brought into discussions with a tournament referee and Grant Moir,…