Wyndham Clark Makes No Apologies for His U.S. Open Crown
The 2026 champion at Shinnecock Hills defiantly owns his major victory, challenging the narrative that it was merely a gift from a rival's collapse.
Wyndham Clark is not asking for your forgiveness, and he certainly isn't waiting for your validation. S. Open champion at Shinnecock Hills has watched the replays and read the columns, the ones that frame his triumph as a gift handed to him by a rival's historic collapse.
His response is a defiant embrace of the trophy, a refusal to let the circumstances of that chaotic final round diminish the achievement etched on the silver. Clark's victory was secured with a final-round 70, a gritty performance on a Shinnecock layout that was baring its teeth. He finished at 2-under par, a score that held up as the tournament's preeminent star, a player with multiple majors already to his name, unraveled over the closing stretch.
