Wyndham Clark is the new champion of the US Open after claiming a one-shot victory at Shinnecock Hills.
American ace Clark, who secured his only other major win at the tournament in 2023, went wire-to-wire to lift the trophy.
He carded rounds of 64, 69, 70 and 73 for a four-under 276, which was just about enough to see off challenges from a handful of players in and around the top of the leaderboard.
Among them was Scottie Scheffler, who was quickest to speak to Clark after his win given that they played together in the final round of the US Open.
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What Scottie Scheffler and Ted Scott told US Open champion Wyndham Clark
Clark was on hand afterwards to reveal what Scheffler told him at the 18th hole at Shinnecock Hills, and indeed the world number one’s caddie, Ted Scott.
“Scottie, we’re friends, and he’s a class act,” he said.
“He just told me, congrats and great playing.
“Ted, he went out of his way to say, hey, that was… took a lot of grit.
“No one was really pulling for you, and to battle through and win that was impressive.
“So that’s what he said.”
It’s a touch of class from both Scheffler and Scott, who were clearly well aware of the rather unsavory scenes in Long Island.
Many US Open fans actively cheered against Clark, who demonstrated fantastic mental strength to ultimately have the last laugh.
Wyndham Clark shares “good process” approach with his caddie after US Open win
Of course, Clark could not have achieved the impressive success without his own caddie, Dave Pelekoudas.
Clearly sharing a close connection, Pelekoudas can often be heard speaking the words “good process” to the player just before he hits his shots.
Sharing insight into that approach, Clark said: “Yeah, I mean, my process is kind of, you know, picking the correct club, trusting that club, being assertive, having my intermediate target, and then, you know, pull the trigger and have it be very kind of simple and lack of clutter in my brain.
“Every time he reminded me that, I get back into the shot rather than maybe the moment or that I just made a bogey or someone else made a birdie, so it gets me back into, hey, this is what I do to make a good shot, and I would do it.
“Granted, I didn’t do it too often today, but the times that I did, it was really relieving.”
Clark’s three-over 73 was indeed his worst round of the week, but it mattered not as he held on to win the tournament.
Sam Burns finished second at Shinnecock on three-under, followed by Tom Kim in third on one-under.
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