McIlroy backs DeChambeau penalty and criticises delay at The Open

Rory McIlroy says Bryson DeChambeau's two-shot penalty at The Open was justified.

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00:00And yeah, I mean, I think, you know, I think there's no doubt that he improved the line of

00:04his backswing. So, you know, and again, it's like whether it was careless or whether it was

00:09intentional, I don't think it matters. Hopefully it was careless. But I think the two shot penalty

00:14was justified for sure. Yeah, I look, I, you know, I won't pretend to be up here and defend

00:22Bryson. I'm not particularly fond of him. I think a lot of it's performative. I think a lot of

00:29it's for attention. And yeah, you know, to hold the tournament hostage like that and

00:35have all of us volunteers, players, everyone waiting on him to depart. I didn't feel like

00:41it was a great look.