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Wyndham Clark beats out star-studded field to win U.S. Open
June 20, 2023
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Wyndham Clark basks in triumph after securing his first Major Title (Getty Images)
Wyndham Clark overcame a star-studded leaderboard to emerge victorious at the Los Angeles Country Club, winning his first major. With Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Scotty Scheffler all in the final two pairings on Sunday, it seemed nobody was even talking about Wyndham Clark. It didn’t matter, however, for Clark wouldn’t be denied. The US Open win comes just 6 weeks after his first PGA title, after going winless in his first 143 starts. Is this simply a hot streak or is Wyndham Clark golf’s next star?
Rickie Fowler waits and watches as Wyndham Clark celebrates victory (Getty Images)
The emotional win for Clark was fueled by encouraging words from his late mother, who passed away from breast cancer in 2013. Lise Clark was Wyndham’s biggest supporter and always told her son to “play big”. Clark recently shared his mom’s parting words to him:
Play for something bigger than yourself. You have a platform to either witness, or help, or be a role model for so many people.
Clark did just that on Sunday, ousting golf’s biggest stars and is quickly making a name for himself on the tour.
STOCK QUICKLY RISING FOR CLARK 👀
Wyndham Clark just keeps getting better. 📈
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest)
2:00 PM • Jun 19, 2023
WINNERS FROM LAST WEEK
SHOT OF THE WEEK
HERE COMES SCOTTIE!
Scottie Scheffler holes out for eagle from 197 yards @usopengolf 🔥
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR)
1:54 AM • Jun 18, 2023
GOLF IS HARD
How does that even happen? 😦
Just cruel for Gordon Sargent on the 18th.
📺: @nbc & @pea@peacockUSO#USOpenp
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel)
8:41 PM • Jun 18, 2023
POLL OF THE WEEK
Favorite Moment of the U.S. Open? |
LAST WEEK’S POLL RESULTS 📊
Who will win the 2023 U.S. Open?
Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, or Viktor Hovland (Top-5 ranked golfers in the world):
40% 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️
The Field (somebody else):
60% 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
The correct answer was “The Field”, with Wyndham Clark securing the Major victory. Of note, McIlroy finished 2nd, Scheffler finished 3rd, Rahm finished T-10th, Cantlay finished T-14th, and Hovland finished 19th.
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Arrows indicate Top-5 movers in this week’s OWGR
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