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Wyndham Clark held on through challenging \u2060conditions and an unfriendly crowd at the 2026 US Open to record a \u2060rare wire-to-wire victory [Kate McShane\/Getty Images via AFP]\u2018Lot of grit\u2019<\/p>\nPublished On 22 Jun 202622 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
Wyndham Clark has found a measure of redemption for smashing a locker at last year\u2019s US Open by winning this year\u2019s edition, but after merciless heckling, he fears becoming the PGA Tour\u2019s villain.<\/p>\n
Clark, the 2023 US Open champion, withstood taunts from New York fans to fire a three-over par 73 and grab a one-stroke victory over fellow American Sam Burns at Shinnecock Hills in New York for a second major title.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe first one was amazing, and this one seems even better,\u201d Clark said. \u201cEspecially after such a sour taste last year in this championship, to have some redemption and win this again is almost surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark has repeatedly apologised for damaging the locker at Oakmont in Pennsylvania after missing the cut last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sure hope it closes the door on it,\u201d Clark said. \u201cI\u2019ll probably always get [hecklers], but I hope I don\u2019t become the heel of the PGA.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark recalled the aftermath of the incident as his darkest time, never dreaming he would win the US Open a year later.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter what happened at Oakmont was obviously the lowest point,\u201d Clark said. \u201cIt was a really tough two, three days for me. I was in a dark place, didn\u2019t really go outside much.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt a lot of my career, world ranking, reputation, everything just dwindling. That\u2019s a terrible feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that moment, I definitely didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be here this year doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n
While some joked about what Clark might have done to his locker had he squandered a six-stroke lead in the last round, Clark said he has much better control of his anger.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not as angry as I used to be,\u201d Clark said. \u201cI think I get frustrated. My anger has kind of gone away, which is a huge blessing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a combination of things off the course being great,\u201d he said. \u201cMy game feels like it\u2019s in a good position. I\u2019m just happier where I\u2019m at in life.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year, I got too caught up in things that really didn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t help being bypassed for last year\u2019s Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was also another just jab to the stomach that I didn\u2019t make that,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just happy I\u2019m here on the other side of things.\u201d<\/p>\n
That helped him handle hecklers and a gallery that greeted his great shots with silence while cheering his errors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey definitely didn\u2019t want me to win,\u201d Clark said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty rare in a major to have fans kind of boo against your shots or cheer for bad shots. That was tough. But sometimes being the underdog is nice.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of brought it on myself. I\u2019m proud of myself I battled through. Things really could have gotten away from me. I stood tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wyndham Clark held on through challenging \u2060conditions and an unfriendly crowd at the 2026 US Open to record a \u2060rare wire-to-wire victory [Kate McShane\/Getty Images via AFP]\u2018Lot of grit\u2019<\/p>\n
He joked about his few cheers from onlookers with caddie Dave Pelekoudas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we heard someone cheer for me, I\u2019d go, \u2018There\u2019s one person that likes me,’\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s tough, man. I\u2019ve played now a Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup on foreign soil, and it kind of had that atmosphere a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scottie Scheffler caddie Ted Scott praised him after the finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe went out of his way to say, \u2018Hey, that took a lot of grit. No one was really pulling for you, and to battle through and win, that was impressive,’\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n
Clark teased the locals at last week\u2019s PGA Canadian Open by wearing a USA hockey jersey that brought him boos.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were pretty harsh on me,\u201d Clark said. \u201cIt sucks getting rooted against, but I can pull through, and there\u2019s nothing like winning an away game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published On 22 Jun 202622 Jun 2026 Wyndham Clark has found a measure of redemption for smashing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,54,692,3577,7288],"class_list":["post-25280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-golf","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}