Wyndham Clark holds on at Shinnecock to win 2nd U.S. Open title
Clark finished 4-under 276 and beat Sam Burns by one stroke after holding off a late charge on the final hole.
- On Sunday, Wyndham Clark won his second U.S. Open title at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, finishing at 4-under 276 to defeat Sam Burns by one stroke.
- Entering the final round with a six-shot lead, Clark struggled early with three bogeys on his first seven holes, allowing Burns to surge into contention.
- Clark sank a dramatic 24-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to regain a two-stroke lead, then secured the championship by two-putting from 52 feet on the final green.
- The victory earned Clark a record $4.5 million from the $22.5 million purse, while Burns missed a 16-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to fall one stroke short of his first major.
- By winning his second U.S. Open, Clark became the 24th player in history to achieve the feat, securing automatic qualification for the 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
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Wyndham Clark avoids record collapse and holds on to win the U.S. Open
On the edge of the greatest collapse in U.S. Open history, Wyndham Clark held his nerve against a charge by Sam Burns and a Shinnecock Hills crowd that never gave him much love until he showed his mettle with his second U.S. Open title in four years.
Clark holds on for wire-to-wire US Open win
Wyndham Clark held on through challenging conditions and an unfriendly crowd for a rare wire-to-wire win at the U.S. Open on Sunday, fending off a late charge by American Sam Burns in a nerve-searing finale at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
US golfer Wyndham Clark entered the deciding day of his home major with a six-stroke lead that eventually shrank to one, but the American still earned his second victory at the US Open.
In a thrilling finale, U.S. Wyndham Clark won his second US Open golf this Sunday with just one punch ahead of his fellow countryman Sam Burns. Clark, 32, dominated this Grand Slam tournament since the first round in Shinnecock, New York, but sweated far more than expected to settle his victory this Sunday. Denver’s player had started the last lap with a six-stroke lead over his pursuers. In the last hole, the difference was just one, after a da…
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