Clark wins 2nd U.S. Open amid hostile fans
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- Wyndham Clark won his second U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, closing with a 3-over 73 to finish at 4-under and hold on by one stroke after his six-shot lead shrank to a single stroke late in the final round.
- Clark became the ninth wire-to-wire winner in U.S. Open history, posting rounds of 64-69-70-73 and setting a Shinnecock Hills 54-hole scoring record at 7-under 203.
- Sam Burns finished second at 3-under with a final-round 67 — his best major finish — while Tom Kim, who had to qualify after falling to 141st in the world rankings, took third at 1-under.
- Scottie Scheffler, paired with Clark on his 30th birthday while attempting the career Grand Slam, tied for fourth at even par after a 1-over 71 in which he couldn't convert on the greens.
- Clark weathered an unusually hostile New York crowd that cheered his errant shots and prompted at least one fan ejection for heckling — and Scheffler himself said some of the fan behavior "felt a bit much."
- The victory comes one year after Clark smashed two 121-year-old lockers at Oakmont Country Club following a missed cut, an outburst that resulted in a club ban, mandatory repair payments, a charity donation, and anger management counseling.
- After the winning putt, Clark embraced his father Randall, who had surprised him with a red-eye flight from Denver — the first time Randall had watched his son win on the PGA Tour in person, on Father's Day.
Why it matters: Clark joins John McDermott (four starts), Walter Hagen (five), and Ernie Els (five) as the only golfers to win two U.S. Opens in six or fewer appearances, per the Elias Sports Bureau. The wire-to-wire title also provides redemption a year after the Oakmont locker incident, though the openly anti-Clark crowd at Shinnecock suggests his polarizing reputation has not fully faded.
