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On Friday, American golfer and right-winger Bryson DeChambeau reportedly threatened to get President Donald Trump to help get a two-stroke penalty overturned during the Open in the U.K. this weekend, just weeks after a scandal in which the president intervened in a penalty for a U.S. men’s soccer player during the World Cup.

During a lengthy argument with officials over the penalty that apparently escalated to the golf club’s chief executive, Mark Darbon, DeChambeau evidently said that he would call Trump to help plead his case. The account of DeChambeau’s threat has been reported on by multiple outlets, first by Substack writer Geoff Shackelford, then confirmed by U.K. outlets.

The request for Trump’s involvement was denied. But DeChambeau refused to sign off on his scorecard for the round during the argument, which delayed the process for other players “until nearly midnight,” Shackelford reported.

“Yeah, look, I won’t pretend to be up here and defend Bryson,” said Rory McIlroy, a top golf player from Northern Ireland, in remarks on Saturday. “I’m not particularly fond of him. I think a lot of it’s performative. I think........

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