Wyndham Clark holds on to win U.S. Open

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On the borderline of the top illness successful U.S. Open history, Wyndham Clark held his nervus against a complaint by Sam Burns and a Shinnecock Hills assemblage that ne'er gave him overmuch emotion Sunday until helium captured his 2nd Open rubric successful 4 years.

Six shots up astatine the commencement of the last round, Clark's last enactment was 2 putts from conscionable extracurricular 50 feet for par that gave him a 3-over 73 and a one-shot triumph implicit Burns.

Clark, who won the 2023 U.S. Open astatine Los Angeles Country Club, became the archetypal wire-to-wire victor of the U.S. Open since Martin Kaymer astatine Pinehurst No. 2 successful 2014.

This definite didn't consciousness similar that. His pb was down to a azygous changeable aft conscionable 5 holes, and the accent followed him the remainder of the way.

The clincher for Clark was 1 of his worst drives of the time connected the par-5 16th. He gouged that retired and narrowly cleared a bunker. His 8-iron hardly stayed connected the backmost of the green. And helium rolled successful a 30-foot birdie putt that gave him a two-shot pb with 2 holes to play.

It was a signature infinitesimal with muted applause. The assemblage rooted against him each day, putting each their enactment down Scottie Scheffler and his bid for the vocation Grand Slam. Scheffler had his ain stock of mistakes and ne'er got person than 3 shots each day.

Clark had the highest last circular of a U.S. Open champion since Graeme McDowell closed with a 74 to triumph astatine Pebble Beach. No matter. The 32-year-old American has 2 U.S. Open titles, and 2 wins successful the past month.

Burns closed with a 67, his 2nd accidental successful arsenic galore years to triumph the U.S. Open. He missed 2 birdie chances connected the last 2 holes, but what wounded conscionable arsenic overmuch was a three-putt bogey connected the 15th erstwhile helium was trying to drawback Clark.

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